James Busumtwi-Sam and Laurent Dobuzinskis have assembled a leading team of experts in the field to examine how phenomena associated with globalization impact on political economy in theory and in practice.

List of Tables Preface Notes on the Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction; J.Busumtwi & L.Dobuzinskis PART I: CONTEXTUALIZING TURBULENCE Introduction; J.Busumtwi & L.Dobuzinskis Politicizing the Global; P.Cerny Rethinking Development Inside International Political Economy; A.Payne States and World Order; A.Gamble Towards a Post-Structuralist Development Agenda; T.Parfitt PART II: IDEAS, INSTITUTIONS, AND POLICY Introduction; J.Busumtwi & L.Dobuzinskis Rethinking Development: Governance, Participation and Ownership; J.Busumtwi-Sam Social Norms in Transition: Gift-Giving and Reciprocity in a Global Era; L.Dobuzinskis The Politics of Transparency: Ambiguity in the Liberalization of International Finance; J.Best Stock Markets and States; K.Lavelle PART III: REGIONAL AND NATIONAL CONTEXTS Introduction; J.Busumtwi & L.Dobuzinskis Globalization and Currency Convergence: What Do the Regions Tell Us?; P.Bowles, O.Cocri & B.MacLean The Political Economy of the Third Way; S.Lee Phases of Capitalism, Globalizations, and the Japanese Economic Crisis; R.Westra Index