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Dear Colleagues,

I would like to introduce you to a new textbook,

Strange Power
Shaping the parameters of international relations and international
political economy

Edited by Thomas C. Lawton, Royal Holloway University of London, UK, James
N. Rosenau, The George Washington University, USA and Amy C. Verdun,
University of Victoria, Canada


Few academics in the field of International Political Economy have so
re-conceptualized our understanding of global power realities as Susan
Strange.  During the course of her career, her pioneering work caused a
ground-shift in the landscape of academic debate.  This book presents a
timely examination of Strange's structural power and other theories, written
by leading international analysts.  Each contributor advances the framework
of these ideas from their own unique perspective, to provide an
authoritative view of international power in the era of the global economy.
This combination of approaches and experience results in an in-depth and
multifaceted analysis of contemporary International Relations/International
Political Economy theory and practice, which will be required reading for
academics and students alike.

-  an invaluable new textbook for graduate and undergraduate courses in
international political economy and international relations.

-  brings together contributions from renowned international scholars from a
variety of disciplines.

-  a multifaceted view of contemporary international studies (theory and
practice) and power in the global economy.

-  employs critical concepts and analytical tools to advance the reader's
understanding of modern international relations.

-  offers both an American view of International Relations/International
Political Economy and critique from the European school.


Contents: Foreword, Robert O. Keohane. The Power Pillars of the World
Political Economy: Introduction: looking beyond the confines, Thomas C.
Lawton, James N. Rosenau and Amy C. Verdun; Setting the parameters: a
strange world system, Jonathan Story; Knowledge and structural power in the
international political economy, Lynn K. Mytelka; The evolving global
production structure: implications for international political economy,
Thomas C. Lawton and Kevin P. Michaels.  Global Finance and State Power:
Money power: shaping the global financial system, Amy C. Verdun; Money and
power in world politics, Benjamin J. Cohen; Global money and the decline of
state power, Geoffrey R.D. Underhill.  Critical Perspectives on
International Relations: Criticizing US method and thought in international
relations: why a Trans-Atlantic divide narrows IR's research subject,
Bertjan Verbeek; Theorizing the 'no-man-lands' between politics and
economics, A. Claire Cutler; Ideology, knowledge and power in international
relations and international political economy, Roger Tooze.  State Power and
Global Hegemony: The retreat of the state?, Robert Gilpin; Strange's
oscillating realism: opposing the ideal - and the apparent, Stefano Guzzini;
Still an extraordinary power, but for how much longer? the United States in
world finance, Eric Helleiner; The United States and world trade: hegemony
by proxy?, Judith Goldstein.  Partitioning the Global Economy: European
competitiveness and enlargement: is there anyone in charge?, Julie
Pellegrin; The dynamics of paralysis: Japan in the global era, Jean-Pierre
Lehmann; Regional blocks and international relations: economic groupings or
political hegemons?, Alfred Tovias; Strange looks on developing countries: a
neglected kaleidoscope of questions, Anna Leander.  Emerging Agendas: The
doubtful handshake: from international to comparative political economy?,
G.P.E. Walzenbach; Going beyond states and markets to civil societies?,
Timothy M. Shaw, Sandra J. Maclean and Maria Nzomo.  Conclusions:
Reflections: blurring the boundaries and shaping the agenda, David C.
Earnest, Louis W. Pauly, James N. Rosenau,Thomas C. Lawton and Amy C.
Verdun; Addendum: fifty years of international affairs analysis: an
annotated bibliography of Susan Strange's academic publications, Christopher
May; Index.  

Endorsements:
"Susan Strange was no system builder.  Her critical questions demystified
much of the systemic edifice of neo-liberal theory.  She saw political
economy as an historical process in which the contribution of scholarship
could be to signal dangers and opportunities for the advancement of chosen
values, not to design ultimate theories of imaginary stability.  Perhaps her
greatest contribution, beyond her own writing, was to inspire students,
colleagues and readers to carry on and develop her own questioning and
critical approach.  This book, consisting of essays which develop themes
touched upon her writing, and which include critical reflection upon her
work, is a most fitting tribute to her.  It should give further impetus to
the movement she initiated towards a dynamic political economy perspective
on the world". - Robert W. Cox, Professor Emeritus of Political Science,
York University, Toronto.

"Strange Power" contains a broad range of first-rate essays by well-known
authors that are inspired by the far-ranging scholarship of Susan Strange.
This book is a fitting posthumous tribute to one of the intellectual leaders
in the field of international political economy." - Peter J. Katzenstein,
Cornell University, USA.

"Susan Strange's legacy is to have challenged most of the central tenets of
International Relations in ways that continue to stimulate creative
thinking.  Leading specialists' responses to her challenge are carefully
assembled in this volume.  The result is a brilliant patchwork of
contrasting ideas that make the central l debates accessible to a wide
audience.  The book will prove essential reading for anyone concerned with
how the study of International Relations can influence the momentous changes
visible in the global political economy" - John M. Stopford, London Business
School.


"Susan Strange brought vision and imaginative insight to her analysis of the
evolution of the international system. This excellent volume carries forward
that tradition.  It advances and challenges our thinking" - John Zysman,
Professor, University of California, Berkeley. USA

September 2000     476 Pages
Hardback             0 7546 1324 0      £55.00          $99.95
Paperback            0 7546 1329 1      £19.95          $29.95

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