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Prospects for deepening Mercosur integration: Economic asymmetry and institutional deficits.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Review of International Political Economy. Jun2013, Vol. 20 Issue 3, p515-540. 26p.
Abstract: Mercosur faces a number of challenges in furthering its regional integration. This article considers whether theories developed for European regionalism, such as neo-functionalism and liberal inter-governmentalism, provide a suitable framework for anal...
Power, knowledge and resistance: between co-optation and revolution in global trade.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Review of International Political Economy. Oct2017, Vol. 24 Issue 5, p741-775. 35p.
Abstract: It has been recognised that the process of multilateral trade negotiations has been fundamentally altered by the increased involvement of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) since the Uruguay Round. NGOs have helped to increase the voice of the devel...
The OECD and phases in the international political economy, 1961–2011.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Review of International Political Economy. Dec2011, Vol. 18 Issue 5, p552-569. 18p. 1 Chart.
Abstract: In 2011, the OECD turned fifty. To provide a broad foundation for further thinking on this organization, we analyse its evolution over half a century from two perspectives: phases in the international political economy and the literature on IPE. By so ...
Standards, techno-economic networks, and playing fields: Performing the global market economy.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Review of International Political Economy. Aug2010, Vol. 17 Issue 3, p507-536. 30p. 1 Graph.
Abstract: This paper explores the construction of what the authors term a 'tripartite standards regime' (TSR) by looking at the pragmatic emergence of standards development organizations (SDOs) and national accreditation bodies (NABs). The authors explain how, t...
Multilateral trade governance as social field: Global civil society and the WTO.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Review of International Political Economy. Dec2015, Vol. 22 Issue 6, p1128-1158. 31p.
Abstract: The 1999 Seattle protests, which brought thirty thousand people to the streets in opposition to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and set off a series of other protests against the multilateral economic institutions, helped spark significant academic ...
Crossing the river by feeling the stones: where the WTO is going after Seattle, Doha and Cancun.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Review of International Political Economy. Aug2004, Vol. 11 Issue 3, p574-596. 23p.
Abstract: When we ask where the WTO is going after its debacle in Seattle its success in Doha, and the failure in Cancun, we find neither imminent collapse nor a new grand design. My analysis of the difference between these ministerial meetings separates the int...
Institutionalism beyond methodological nationalism? The new interdependence approach and the limits of historical institutionalism.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Review of International Political Economy. Jun2020, Vol. 27 Issue 3, p637-657. 21p.
Abstract: This article critiques New Interdependence Approach (NIA) explanations of global regulation, positing instead a State Transformation Approach (STA). Rightly critical of state-centric frameworks on the politics of globalisation, the NIA seeks to explain...
The de facto preferential trade agreement in East Asia.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Review of International Political Economy. Aug2011, Vol. 18 Issue 3, p299-327. 29p. 10 Charts.
Abstract: East Asian countries apply lower tariffs on their neighbors’ products than they are required to under the various trade agreements to which they belong, a concession they grant only rarely to countries outside the region. The result is a de facto prefe...
Towards greater legitimacy in global governance.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Review of International Political Economy. Feb2011, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p110-120. 11p.
Abstract: The article addresses the perceived need for improved legitimacy in global governance. It is attested that the emergence of both globalization and cultural diversity increases the need for sustainability and transparency in a legitimized world order. T...
Can Asia re-legitimize global governance?
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Review of International Political Economy. Feb2011, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p131-139. 9p.
Abstract: The article evaluates the potential for Asia to re-legitimize a system of global governance. It is attested that, due to the growth of the global population and the division occurring between the populations of Western nations and the rest of the world...