All ebooks in the collection "International Political Economy Series" - Palgrave Macmillan

The Political Economy of Urban Water Security under Climate Change

Corrine Cash , Larry Swatuk

In 2018, the city of Cape Town faced the prospect of reaching ‘day zero’, that is a combination of natural and human-made factors leading to the complete collapse of its municipal water supply. While the rains eventually fell and a major disaster was averted, the fear...

The Political Economy of Intra-BRICS Cooperation

Siphamandla Zondi

This book uses the idea of internal cohesion through intra-BRICS cooperation to make the argument that the next phase in the evolution of BRICS is to strengthen cooperation among BRICS countries in the implementation of decisions taken. There is a risk that what the...

The Political Economy of Non-Western Migration Regimes

Sherzod Eraliev , Rustamjon Urinboyev

This open access book contributes new theoretical and comparative insights on migrant agency, undocumentedness and informality in non-Western, non-democratic migration regimes. The book is conceived as a critical reflection on the contemporary migration regime...

The Political Economy of Sino–South African Trade and Regional Competition

Bhaso Ndzendze

This book comparatively examines the China–South Africa trade relationship over three decades through the prism of four other relationships South Africa has with states that have been China’s most contentious neighbours in the Indo-Pacific (India, Japan, Taiwan and the...

The Political Economy of Post-COVID Life and Work in the Global South: Pandemic and Precarity

Sandya Hewamanne , Smytta Yadav

This edited volume highlights cascading effects of the pandemic and lockdown on informal economies of varied countries in the Global South. Uneven development after colonization, imperialism, and externally influenced conflict have caused many countries in the...

South—South Regional Financial Arrangements

Diana Barrowclough , Kevin P. Gallagher , Richard Kozul-Wright , William N. Kring

This book shows how regional cooperation and integration have increased massively in scale and scope in recent years, as developing countries seek new ways to shield themselves from economic turbulence and to kick-start their economies in the face of stagnant global...

Transformative Citizenship in South Korea

Chang Kyung-Sup

South Korea’s postcolonial history has been replete with dramatic societal transformations through which it has emerged with a fully blown modernity, or compressed modernity. There have arisen the transformation-oriented state, society, and citizenry for which each...

Informality, Labour Mobility and Precariousness

Abel Polese

From the erosion of state legitimacy in Lebanon to the use of smartphones in Kyrgyzstan, from a Polish suburb to the music scene in Azerbaijan, this volume attempts to explain why, in a variety of world regions, a substantial number of people tend to ignore or act...

The Political Economy of China—US Relations

Mzukisi Qobo

This book offers a rich perspective on Africa’s agency in the changing global order marked by intense geopolitical contestations. It discusses ways in which the African continent has been on the margins of the global economic system because of the actions of major...

The Political Economy of Eastern Europe 30 years into the ‘Transition'

Agnes Gagyi , Ondrej Slacálek

The International Political Economy of Migration in the Globalization Era

Leila Simona Talani

This book concerns with the analysis of the impact of globalization on international migration from a distinct international political economy perspective. It confronts theoretical debates from the different international political economy (IPE) approaches and...

The Political Economy of Natural Resource Funds

Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay , Eyene Okpanachi

This book aims to foster a better understanding of the particular challenges faced by resource-dependent countries or jurisdictions in managing their resource revenues through natural resource funds (NRFs). It explores the varieties of natural resource management...

The Political Economy of Middle Class Politics and the Global Crisis in Eastern Europe

Agnes Gagyi

Contrary to dominant narratives which portray East European politics as a pendulum swing between democracy and authoritarianism, conventionally defined in terms of an ahistorical cultural geography of East vs. West, this book analyzes post-socialist transformation as...

Dependent Capitalisms in Contemporary Latin America and Europe

Aldo Madariaga , Stefano Palestini

This book contributes to the current revival of dependency approaches for the analysis of global capitalism. Reflecting on contemporary uses of the “Dependency Research Program” (DRP) and a refined analytical toolkit, it makes two distinctive contributions to this...

The Failure and Feasibility of Capitalism in Africa

Kenneth Omeje

This book argues that capitalism has practically failed to deliver the long-desired economic transformation and inclusive development in postcolonial Africa. The principal factor that accounts for this failure is the prolific non-productive forms of capitalism that tend...

Towards an International Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence

Tugrul Keskin , Ryan David Kiggins

This volume seeks to leverage academic interdisciplinarity to develop insight into how Artificial intelligence (AI), the latest GPT to emerge, may influence or radically change socio-political norms, practices, and institutions. AI may best be understood as a predictive...

The Post-Crisis Developmental State

Tamás Gerocs , Judit Ricz

The focus of this volume is on the role of the developmental state in a situation in which a series of major crises affects the (semi-) periphery of the global economy.The authors go beyond the established debate on developmental states in East Asia by highlighting a...

China and Global Governance

Peng Bo

This book proposes a new concept of “International Leadership with Chinese Characteristics” (ILCC) to interpret China’s role in global governance. The author illustrates how the concept of ILCC is built on the basis of the discussion of Chinese political culture and...

A Political Economy of Free Zones in Gulf Arab States

Robert Mogielnicki

This is the first book-length empirical study of free zones (FZs) in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The volume systematically illustrates the development processes behind FZs in Gulf Arab states and assesses the impact of these commercial entities on regional...

Climate Change and Food Security in Asia Pacific

Md Saidul Islam , Edson Kieu

Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book evaluates the complex nexus between climate change and regional food security in Asia Pacific. Feeding the planet puts a lot of stress on the environment. The fundamental challenges we are facing today include how to...