This book is a critical and multidisciplinary IPE of the unequal structures of South American development and uneven insertions in the global order following the decline of the commodities boom. The work explores the extent to which regional development issues are related to merely a decline of...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of boxes -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- A handbook for teaching, learning and research -- IPE and GPE -- Part I:...

"This handbook provides a comprehensive guide to how Global Political Economy (GPE) is conceptualized and researched around the world. Including contributions that range from traditional International Political Economy to GPE approaches, the book gathers the investigations, perspectives and...

1. The political economy of regional development banks -- 2. Towards a new political economy view of the Inter-American Development Bank -- 3. The IDB's role in South American political economy in the 1990s -- 4. Argentina in the political economy of the Americas -- 5. The IDB's role in the...