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Introduction: Putting Geopolitical Economy to Work

Radhika Desai

Analytical Gains of Geopolitical Economy

ISBN: 978-1-78560-337-2, eISBN: 978-1-78560-336-5

ISSN: 0161-7230

Publication date: 7 January 2016

Abstract

This introduction frames the papers in this volume with a brief critique of how and why the dominant approaches to understanding world affairs obscure our understanding of the chief developments that have marked our age, and a discussion of the resources geopolitical economy can draw on to address the resulting deficiencies of understanding. It then goes on to discuss how the papers that follow demonstrate the gains from putting the geopolitical economy framework to work. They interrogate and challenge conventional wisdom in three broad areas – the international monetary system, world trade and the requirements for successful combined development historically and today, when China’s own stunning combined development confronts other developing countries with new possibilities and constraints. The introduction closes with some necessarily brief reflections on the vast agenda for future research and discussion that remains to be tackled.

Keywords

  • Geopolitical economy
  • Uneven and combined development
  • The international monetary system
  • World trade
  • Hegemony
  • Globalization

Citation

Desai, R. (2016), "Introduction: Putting Geopolitical Economy to Work", Analytical Gains of Geopolitical Economy (Research in Political Economy, Vol. 30B), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0161-72302015000030B001

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