Political Economy Essays

  • International Political Economy Essay

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    International Political Economy is commonly regarded as a branch of the broader field of International Relations. International relations has traditionally focused on addressing questions of war and peace as well as conflict and co-operation between nation states. A difficulty arose in the field when it could not provide answers or prescribe workable solutions for issues concerning wealth, poverty and the distribution of resources in the international system. The international political economy emerged

  • Political Economy

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    Political Economy Our society is strongly influenced by all sources of media. The media shows us what is going on in the world news, fashion and much more. The media is our connection to the world and what goes on all around us. The political economy approach looks at the influence that ownership control, advertising and audience spending has over the mass media and the mediated messages we receive on a daily basis. Political economy believes that everything about media products is created through

  • Hawaiis political economy

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    Hawaii’s political economy went through some major changes. The development of plantations and tourism paved the path for how Hawaii’s economy is today. I will discuss how tourism, ethnicity, gender and education both constrain and enable opportunities in contemporary Hawaii. Captain James Cook and his crew came to Hawaii in 1778. Bringing along many diseases such as, syphilis, gonorrhea, tuberculosis, and viral hepatitis.(Blaisdell, p.44) Native Hawaiians were not immune to these diseases, they

  • China's Role in the Global Political Economy

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    What is the Global Political Economy? According to O’Brien & Williams (2010) this is a term used to describe the interrelationship between national and international, politics and economics. It basically shows the interplay of powerful states, regions, and global institutions which fall under the realm of politics with global trade, global finance, investing and capital movements comprising economics. This ideology does not look at politics and economics in isolation but it draws from other fields

  • An Analysis of The Dominate Perspectives of International Political Economy

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    In the world of international political economy, three dominant perspectives have emerged over time. The differences and similarities between the realist/mercantilist, liberalism, and historical structuralism perspectives are significant. In this essay, I will compare and contrast these dominant perspectives. First, I will give a historical account of how each perspective originated. Then I will outline the actors involved in each perspective, explore those actors’ interests, and outline which of

  • The Political Economy of Globalization

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    neither distance nor international boundaries obstruct economic transactions. Furthermore, globalization increases political relations among a wide variety of people and nations. Globalization, according to L. Mosley “disregards political boundaries” (Mosely, 2007, p. 107); it establishes a sense of openness and acceptance throughout corresponding countries. In “The Political Economy of Globalization”, Layna Mosely asks the question: “Does economic globalization alter the capabilities of national

  • Indonesia's Economy: Socio-Political Challenges in the New Order

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    Socio-political challenges post- New Order Suharto’s New Order regime was blatantly corrupt and filled with nepotism, this mixed with the aftermath of the Asian Financial Crisis left a legacy of socio-political challenges for subsequent reformasi governments. These challenges include the legacy of authoritarianism, corruption, depoliticised civil society, a powerful military and an inefficient judiciary and government. (Pohlman) The different reformasi governments failed to comprehensively resolve

  • The International Political Economy (IPE)

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    the international political economy (IPE). It will also discuss questions that are asked in IPE. This essay will then suggest three different approaches that are commonly used in IPE to answer the questions that have been posed. Definition of International Political Economy International Political economy is a study that was developed in the late 1970’ s after the 1973 oil crisis(Gilpin,1987). This event alerted various academics and researchers that the international economy was heavily interdependent

  • The Political Economy in International Trade

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    The Political Economy in International trade focuses on understanding the many causes of economic growth in developing and transition economies, the different role of international trade in increasing economic welfare around the globe, and the many different impacts of the international financial system on the global economy. As we take a look at the United States and Poland different economic systems and understand how these two countries are effected by the political economy in international trade

  • Urban Inequality

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    Introduction: In Urban Studies two schools of academic thought answer the “urban question”: the ecological and urban political economy schools. I will argue that the political economy perspective better allows us to fully grasp the “urban question” where society and space mutually encompass each other and allow us to better explain and address urban inequality. First, I will develop a working definition of “the urban question”. Second, I will write on the ecological school’s view of the “urban”

  • Plastic Pollution in India

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    such as polluting oceans, poisoning animals, and more human diseases. In order to prevent or reduce plastic pollution, it is significant to know how the pollution happens, what the impacts are. Therefore, this paper will discuss two approaches, political economy, and market environmentalism, with respect to the plastic pollution... ... middle of paper ... ...uvery in the city choked under plastic, urgent action needed. The Times of India. Gustafsson, J. (1992). An Analysis Of Groundwater Vulnerability

  • Exploring the Evolution of Economic Thought

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    “Political Economy” or “economics” is a term that carries with it different meanings and assumptions depending on the historical, contextual, and ideological lens through which it is being considered. The following inquiry will attempt to consider and interpret the works of the pre-Adamite’s -- those who came before Adam Smith - the classical thinkers - Smith, Ricardo and Marx –, and the neoclassicals, who were a group of thinkers who thought to refine Smith’s thinking based on challenges unique

  • A Critical Analysis Of Estranged Labor By Karl Marx

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    Philosophical Manuscripts pays significant attention to the political economic system, which is commonly referred to capitalism. He further delves into nature of the political economy with a keen focus on how it has negatively impacted the worker or laborer. Therefore, the laborer forms the subject of his critical and detailed analysis as tries demonstrates the ill nature of the political economy. To start with Karl Marx portrays how the political economy as presented by its proponents has led to emergence

  • John Stuart Mill

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    many works of writings such as Principles of Political Economy, On Liberty, The Subjections of Women, and the Three Essays of Religion: Nature, the Utility of Religion, and Theism. John Mill was the eldest son of James Mill who was a philosopher, economist and a senior official in the East India Company. James educated John when he was young. His father taught him discipline, Greek at the age of three, history, languages, calculus, logic, political economy, geography, psychology, and rhetoric. At the

  • Capitalism

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    sciences such as psychology and political economy. In psychology, one may observe the attempt to study human behavior without reference to the fact that man is conscious. In political economy, one may observe the attempt to study and device social systems without reference to man. Political economy came into prominence in the 19th century, in the era of philosophies post kantian disintegration, and no one rose to check its premises or to challenge its base. Political economist-including the advocates

  • Age of reason

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    "dead-born." After this horrible reaction to A Treatise of Human Nature Hume went back home where he started thinking more about ethics and political economy. Along with these thoughts Hume wrote books expressing how he felt about these subjects (Snyder34). Essay Moral and Political was one book that enclosed an essay written by Hume dealing with ethics and political economy. Hume felt that ethical thinking was the idea of knowing right from wrong and comes about from ones own self-happiness. Benevolence

  • The Impact of Multinational Corporations (MNCs) on Developing Countries

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    just on the community an MNC has situated itself in but also potentially on the rest of the world as the effects of environmental degradation, much like globalization, spans borders and territories, as well. Bibliography Gilpin, Robert. Global Political Economy: Understanding the International Economic Order. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001. Print. Stiglitz, Joseph E. Making Globalization Work. New York: Norton & Company, Inc., 2007. Kindle ebook file.

  • Nestle Globalization Analysis

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    expands the reach of power relations across regions and continents.” 1 One significant contributing factor of globalization is the rapid growth of multinational companies. These companies have greatly shaped the regime of international politics and economy. Nestlé, since its establishment in 1905, is considered one of the most recognizable brands in the world. This company is a paradigm of how multinational companies contribute to the process of globalization. Firstly, I would present an overview

  • The Pros And Cons Of E-Waste

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    E-Waste Capitalism in its purest form is all about maximizing profit at whatever the cost to the workers, economy or environment. In this light capitalism can be viewed as a double-edged sword, in which a company in a capitalistic economy will avoid extra cost at any chance possible even if that means the illegal disposal of harmful secondhand electronics avoiding all the rules and regulations that would make disposal cost extra called E-Waste, to impoverished countries such as China and Ghana.

  • Charles Dickens Life Related To His Book, "Hard Times"

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    magazine, Household Words, in which sales had begun to decline in 1854, Charles Dickens (lived 1812 – 1870) began to publish a new series of weekly episodes in the magazine. Hard Times For These Times, an assault on the industrial greed and political economy that exploits the working classes and deadens the soul, ran from April 1 to August 12, 1854. In the opening scenes that take place in the classroom, you become familiarized with the Gradgrind School and its fundamentals. The Gradgrind philosophy