The future of international political economy

Juliet Johnson , Daniel Mügge (1) , Leonard Seabrooke , Cornelia Woll (2) , Ilene Grabel , Kevin Gallagher (3)

1 UvA - Universiteit van Amsterdam
2 CEE - Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée (Sciences Po, CNRS)
3 BU - Boston University [Boston]

An anniversary issue provides an inescapably inviting opportunity to reflect on the past, evaluate the present, and contemplate the future. Eschewing the self-congratulatory rhetoric of traditional anniversary celebrations, we have devoted this 20th anniversary issue of RIPE to contributions that critically examine the academic discipline of international political economy, focusing on our collective challenges and limitations as much as on our achievements. As every author knows, it is the thoughtful, constructive, and above all critical review that ultimately pushes us to produce better scholarly work. The global financial crisis mandates such a reassessment, as did the fall of communism that birthed this journal. [First paragraph]

Keywords: International political economy; Academic discipline; Global financial crisis

Domains: Political science; Economics and Finance

Juliet Johnson, Daniel Mügge, Leonard Seabrooke, Cornelia Woll, Ilene Grabel, et al.. The future of international political economy: Introduction to the 20th anniversary issue of RIPE. Review of International Political Economy, 2013, 20 (5), pp.1009 - 1023. ⟨10.1080/09692290.2013.835275⟩. ⟨hal-02186506⟩