Since the beginning of China's phenomenal rise in the international system, our knowledge of the country has grown rapidly. But those who have debated the China issue in policy circles mostly focus on the implications of China's rise, often without a firm understanding of why the country is...

Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The American school -- America's "Left-Out" -- The British school -- Britain's "Far-Out" -- Continental Europe -- Latin America -- China -- The geography of IPE -- What have we learned? -- Index