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Blind spots in IPE: marginalized perspectives and neglected trends in contemporary capitalism

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Which blind spots shape scholarship in International Political Economy (IPE)? That question animates the contributions to a double special issue—one in the Review of International Political Economy, and a companion one in New Political Economy. The global financial crisis had seemed to vindicate broad-ranging IPE perspectives at the expense of narrow economics theories. Yet the tumultuous decade since then has confronted IPE scholars with rapidly-shifting global dynamics, many of which had remained underappreciated. We use the Blind Spots moniker in an attempt to push the topics covered here higher up the scholarly agenda—issues that range from institutionalized racism and misogyny to the rise of big tech, intensifying corporate power, expertise-dynamics in global governance, assetization, and climate change. Gendered and racial inequalities as blind spots have a particular charge. There has been a self-reinforcing correspondence between topics that have counted as important, people to whom they matter personally, and the latter’s ability to build careers on them. In that sense, our mission is not only to highlight collective blind spots that may dull IPE’s capacity to theorize the current moment. It is also a normative one—a form of disciplinary housekeeping to help correct both intellectual and professional entrenched biases.

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hal-02978109 , version 1 (26-10-2020)

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Colin Hay, Genevieve Lebaron, Daniel Mügge, Jacqueline Best. Blind spots in IPE: marginalized perspectives and neglected trends in contemporary capitalism. Review of International Political Economy, 2020, 28 (2), pp.283 - 294. ⟨10.1080/09692290.2020.1830835⟩. ⟨hal-02978109⟩
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