Rethinking Global Political Economy contains incisive analysis of history, linguistics, class, culture, empirical data and normative concerns. This important volume presents innovative approaches to fundamental issues in global political economy. Together they provide multiple arguments and avenues for rethinking global political economy in a time of turmoil and system transformation. It will appeal to those interested in seeing new perspectives and healthy heterodoxy in the study of political economy.

Introduction 1. New Odysseys in the Global Political Economy: Fundamentalist Contention and Economic Conflict Mary Ann Tétreault 2. Analytical Advances to Address New Dynamics V.Spike Peterson 3. Metageographical Moments: A Geohistorical interpretation of Embedded Statism and Globalization Peter J. Taylor 4. Creating Global Hegemony: Culture and the Market Barbara Jenkins 5. Globalization as Global History: Introducing a Dialectical Analysis Barry K. Gills 6. Mergers, Stagflation, and the Logic of Globalization Jonathan Nitzan 7. Global Dreams and Local Anger: From Structural to Acute Violence in a Globalizing World Peter Uvin 8. Globalization, New Trade Theory, and a Keynesian Reformist project Hartmut Elsenhans 9. Exploitation and Solidarity: Putting the Political Back into IPE Alejandro Colás 10. The Globalization of Human Affairs: A Reconsideration of Science, Political Economy, and World Order Clark Miller 11. Alternative Directions in the Study of the Global Political Economy Robert A. Denemark