Discussion Paper No. 9 / Januar 2005
Eine kurze Einführung in die Internationale Politische Ökonomie als Teilgebiet der Internationalen Beziehungen
Ralph Rotte
Abstract
Since the 1970s, the interaction of political and economic processes and structures in the
international system has changed fundamental world views in the field of academic
international relations. One approach trying to cope with the transformation of the global
system is international political economy (IPE), promoted by scholars like Susan Strange and
Robert Gilpin. This paper, a preliminary version of an article provided for a collected volume
on the state of the art of international relations, edited by A. Wilhelm and C. Masala, gives a
short introduction to some basic concepts and topics in IPE.