Earlier edition: 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Perspectives on international political economy -- Basic concepts for international political economy -- Globalization and governance -- The political origins of a global economy: power and markets -- The political economy of global production and exchange -- Wealth, poverty and inequality in the global economy -- The political economy of global finance: states, firms and markets -- States and the dynamics of global economic competition -- Power, wealth and interdependence in an era of advanced globalization -- Global perspectives on population, hunger, food and health -- Sustainable development, the global commons and environmental diplomacy -- The international political economy of globalization.