RC51 - International Political Economy

RC updates its research goals

Vinicius Rodrigues Vieira — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 17:09:00 -0500

The chair Laurence Whitehead (University of Oxford) and the secretary Vinícius Rodrigues Vieira (Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation, FAAP, and Getulio Vargas Foundation, FGV) are proud to release our updated research goals. By advancing further the previous version, which was launched in 2015 by our founding chair and past IPSA president (2006-2009) Lourdes Sola (University of São Paulo), our academic targets now address better emerging topics that are essential for analyzing the emerging market democracies (EMDs). Those topics include but are not limited to the ongoing backlash against globalization that has emerged from populist-nationalist trends and democratic backsliding, apart from China's rise and its potential consolidation as a dominant actor in the international order in the aftermath of the pandemic:

"The RC 51 aims to cast a new light on theoretically-informed analysis of power transitions, and the rebalancing of the world economy, with special emphasis on the interaction between emerging market democracies (EMDs) and globalization. The intention is to extend the range of analysis from the traditional International Political Economy (IPE) agenda focused on on the two main pillars of economic globalization (trade and finance) to include new avenues of research, including:

1 ) Transformative processes driving long term trends in EMDs, including state-building and democratization trajectories that may not always lead to “convergence” but instead take into account the rise of populist, illiberal governments, and that can help explain contemporary backlashes against globalization;

2 ) New topics related to the distribution of resources within and between 21st century sovereign states, in particular environmental and technological questions that are displacing conventional “realist” understandings of international relations and IPE;

(NEW) 3) The political economy of the relative decline of the “liberal international order” as it was pictured at the end of the 20^th century, as regional powers (notably our EMDs) widen the scope of their statecrafting options, while previously hegemonic western powers retreat inthe face of the shift of leadership towards Asia in general, and China in particular".

Our Newsletter Winter Issue is Out!

Vinicius Rodrigues Vieira — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:15:00 -0500

Check the latest issue of PEN for news about our forthcoming projects and events in 2018.

Read the Summer issue of our newsletter

Vinicius Rodrigues Vieira — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 08:42:00 -0400

In this issue, we announce elections for co-chair to replace Professor Lourdes Sola and the full list of IPE panels to take place at the 25th World Congress of Political Science.

IPSA panel and roundtable at ISA 2018 will be organized by the RC

Vinicius Rodrigues Vieira — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 10:15:00 -0400

The RC51 is proud to announce that it will be in charge of organizing the panel and roundtable IPSA will sponsor at the International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Meeting in San Francisco, between April 4 an 7. Read further information in our most recent newsletter issue.

RC prepares workshop at Oxford

Vinicius Rodrigues Vieira — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 18:56:00 -0500

The goal is to update our research agenda and prepare our activities to the 2018 World Congress of Political Science in Brisbane, Australia. Read this and other news in the new issue of our newsletter.

Read the second issue of our newsletter

Vinicius Rodrigues Vieira — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 09:02:00 -0400

This issue of Political Economy News (PEN) brings a summary of our RC's activities in Poznan, Poland, during the 24^th World Congress of Political Science. Also, we encourage members to start thinking of proposals for the next IPSA congress in Brisbane, Australia, in July 2018. Read the issue here.

RC launches newsletter

Vinicius Rodrigues Vieira — Wed, 04 May 2016 06:00:00 -0400

We are proud to announce the launch of the newsletter Political Economy News (PEN). Following IPSA's recognition of the RC51 in December 2015, the chairs of the committee decided to create an electronic publication to diffuse events in the field of IPE and members' recent works. Occasionally, we also aim to publish theoretically-informed analysis of contemporary issues related to the global political economic arena, with a special focus on Emerging Market Democracies. Please, if you would like to collaborate with the newsletter, contact the RC secretary, Dr. Vinícius Rodrigues Vieira (rodriguesvieira@gmail.com). Read the first issue here.

The Purest International Political Economist of All: The Centenary of Albert Hirschman

Vinicius Rodrigues Vieira — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 20:27:00 -0500

Professor Albert O. Hirschman, who passed away in 2012 at age 97, would be 100 years-old this year. In the 2014 World Congress of Political Science, IPSA and the RC51 honoured him with a roundtable formed by professors Lourdes Sola and Laurence Whitehead (current committee's chair and vice-chair respectively), as well as David Baldwin, from Princeton University, and Dani Rodrik, from Harvard University and then the Albert O. Hirschman Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.

Prof. Hirschman

Professor Sola published earlier in 2015 a review essay on Professor Hirschman's biography written by Jeremy Adelman, entitled "Worldly Philosopher: The Odyssey of Albert Hirschman" (Princeton University Press, 2013). The essay, which came out in the European Review of International Studies, provides not only an overview of the book, but also remembers Hirschman's key contributions to the analysis of political-economic issues in 20^th Century Latin America.

Two Steps Back, One Step Foward: The History of Turkey's Purusit of Democracy

Vinicius Rodrigues Vieira — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 20:05:00 -0500

Professor Ilter Turan, member of the Local Organizing Commitee of IPSA's 2016 Congress in Istanbul and our RC colleague, discusses in "Turkey's Difficult Journey to Democracy Two Steps Forward, One Step Back" (Oxford University Press, 2015) the process of democratization in that country. In doing so, he demonstrates its relevance for understanding the difficulties countries trying to democratize face.

Professor Turan holds the title of Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Department of International Relations, Istanbul Bilgi University. Previously, he served as the President of the same institution, having written extensively on Turkish politics.

The Domestic Politics of US Foreign Policy according to Helen Milner and Dustin Tingley

Vinicius Rodrigues Vieira — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 19:42:00 -0500

Does the United States rely too much on the use of military power and coercion in its foreign policies? Sailing the Water’s Edge (Princeton University Press, 2015), a book just launched by Professor Helen Milner, former IPSA president and proudly our RC colleague, and Dustin Tingley, answer this question as it explores the interaction between domestic U.S. politics and foreign policy choices since World War II.

Milner (Princeton University) and Tingley (Harvard University) consider how the American Congress and interest groups have substantial material interests in and ideological divisions around certain issues and that these factors constrain presidents from applying specific tools. As a result, presidents select instruments that they have more control over, such as use of the military. The book is essential for those interested in understanding the limits of the American power in a more competitive international context, such as the current one.

Professor Etel Solingen launches book on comparative regionalism

Vinicius Rodrigues Vieira — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 19:33:00 -0500

"Comparative Regionalism: Economics and Security" (Routledge, 2015) comprises essays on regional conflict and cooperation by Professor Etel Solingen, from UC Irvine. A member of the RC, Professor Solingen has pioneered the field of comparative regionalism. The volume provides a broad spectrum of analysis on domestic political economy, democracy, regional institutions, and global forces as they shape different regional outcomes and trajectories in economics and security.

Professor Solingen's work is certainly of much interest to students of regionalism, international relations theory, international and comparative political economy, international history and grand strategy--all topics that fall into the scope of the RC's scientific aim.

RC51 organizes over 25 panels for IPSA Congress 2016 in Istanbul

Vinicius Rodrigues Vieira — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 15:28:00 -0400

Proposals reflect the diversity of the field of International Political Economy

The co-chairs of the RC51 (International Political Economy) organized with the committee's members over 25 closed panels for the forthcoming 24^thWorld Congress of Political Science, which will take place in Istanbul between 23 and 28 July 2016. We are now in the process of reviewing additional closed panels and, by the end of January, IPSA's officials will release the full list of accepted panels. For the moment, we would like to thank all those who submitted panels and abstracts for their work and interest in the RC!