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    posed tote openes een though sone woul actualy bret. Using Robert Gilpin _avariety of research methodologies, Margalit finds that individuals fear not so much Pr Secemoni cneqncs th ind al comequc cl getlabn THE NATURE would be expected to show gateway strong eee OF POLITICAL ECONOMY But why have these states not done beter? Ross examines contending explorations lack of democracy, il war, lick of oppertentes for momen, poor government poles andaed goverment station He cance al pet-stae dont Themen cepts heey coc aise ce parca dil taskol managing woke and vay rere | ttn se The chet mes, lla Lei pc comeing loin inertness wth esto chico. Whee al The eed of capt ap sed acts the diminion ofthe poet of the spell nit of dona dealing Ge pee ofthe moka apo tain beim paper, Lv agus for «pow alm ro he new nrc mini powas! wich could countabalance American compote 5 domination, What appears wo one athe hil Wiese sre ft rina coe ay esa consequenc of economic oy the pa of call conening Ponce Gs 12 == gens tothe other 1o be an efit the routers of mode ge the ion ‘sae is a very old-fashioned idea and bad! vei : cert of pom | nbee rere emcee rem Alkhough the advent ofthe mulation oo wor pation has pa the question of the vlan between economics and pois in 4 ew Ul hese two staterents—the Fist by Kati Levit, ic iv am old isu In che nineteemth ent fo 2 Canadian nationals, the econ by George example, it was this issue chat divided ase Bl, a former United States undersecretary of liberals like John Stuart Mill frm economic stae—expes.a dominant theme of contemporary nanan, epesentad by Georg Frei hi tings on inenaioal tcaions. Interasonal Whereas he former gave primacy in the onan ie, we at tol is inctasingly ret between its ton of socery to economics and the producto of conornic adits politcal oranization. On the wealth, the later emphasized che poli de ome hand, portal economic and techno mination of economic rations, As this be Ie I imerdepenkn ork cre bch othe comemporay debate a the foes ae rein hi con thus diminishing «ance of national Boundaries On the other band, this study, this chaper analyzes the thiee mala he tain signif multinational corporation aw the argue of the nation tae coins to command men’ loy-_ etments of he relationship between economies akc and o beth basic unit of pl decison and pls thas, the thee major idols of making, As one writer has put the issue, “The pola economy The Meaning of Political Economy The et modern worl, sa reciprocal one. On the one hand, pits Inge determines te framowark of conomic activity and channels it in detoas co ofthis sy ita the reationship n economics and pelts, a as in the mended serve the inert of dominant group the exercise of power in all ts forms is major determinant ofthe nur of an economic stem. (On the other hand, the economic proces ise tends to vedisibute power and wealth ic rans fovms the poner eationhip among groups, This in van leads toa transformation ofthe polit system, chy giving sew a new secure of economic rlaonsips. Thus, the dynamic of in ational elaions inthe modem word is gly 2 fut of the reioal interaction Kerween conomics and pois Fin ofall, what do T mean by “polis” or “economics Charles Kindleberge speak of eo- nomics and politic two diferent methods of reource: the fit throwgh a marke mechanism, the hae through a budget Robert Keohane and Joseph Nye, in a excellent analysis of imenationa poli economy dein economics and pols in tems of two level of analysis chose of structure and of process Pl allocating scarce tis is he domain "having ro do with the tab lishment ofan order af relations, astructue Economics deals with “shor-erm allocative behavior (holding insttcons fundamental asumptions, and expectations constan). Like Kindlebergr’ definiion, however, hide nition tends 1 isobve economic and pola! Phenomena except under certain conditions Which Keahane and Ny define a the“ plticia si” ofthe economic system, Nether formal tio comes to ermsaequaey withthe dynamic and inmate nature ofthe relationship beowsen In chis sty, the ise of the relationship berween economics and polis anaes ino that becween wel and power According this state ment ofthe problem, economics aks a ts prov ic the rein and disribton of weak; polis isthe realm of power. Ishll examin thir ean ship fom several idechgcl perspec, incdud ing my own, Bur wha is well? Whats owe Tn response tothe question, What is wealth an conomisccolegue responded, “What do you seam, my thitsceond othiry-slume answer” Basie concepts ae elusive in ecanomics, as jn any field of inquiry. No unchallengeble definitions are possible. Ask a physic fer his dfnition of the nature of space, tig, and matter, and you will no gc avery satisfying response. What you will eis an operational deniton, one whichis use ic permits the physic ro build an ioe ecu lfice whoe foundations would crumble under the scrutiny ofthe philosopher Simialy, the concept of wealth, upon which the since of economic imately ests, cannot be laid ina defi way. Paul Sarena his textbook, doce even ey, though he provides 2 clue in his dfn of economics “the sad of how mun and soci doe. erp productive resources...t0 produce various commode... and distibuethem for consump ‘on Following this ad, wecan syst we is anything (apa nd or abr) ha cam generate Fre incone ts composed of phys sets and human cpt inclding embodied knowledge. The asc cone of pial scence is owes Most political scietss would nt stop hee: they oul includ nthe denon of politi science ‘he purpose for which powers use, whether his be the advancement of the public welfare o the domination of one group oer another. In any «ase few would dissent fom the following tar ment of Harold Laswell and Abraham Kaplan The comept of poner is pehaps the most Fandamenl in the whole of pli cence ‘he poi proce is theshaing. ditto, dese poner Gna wide ee, fal che desecrate, oof inlaracein ge Powers such is noe the sl ot even the pring pal gal of state behavior. Oter goals or valves consteute thecbjectives parsed by atom state: ele, scurry, peste. Buc power in its sect foxms (itary economic, psyebologia) l smatythe necessary means to acieve these gol For this reason nation states are itensely jealous of and sensitive to thet elatve power postion The dsribution of powers important becanse i profoundly affcs the ably of states wo achieve wha they perceiver be het incre. The nature of power, however, is even more clasivethan tha oF welt, The number and var: ctyofdefiniions should beam embarrassment to polical scientists. Unfovronately, his study cannot bring the nradisiliary squabble ro an end. Rates, adops the defition wed by Hans Morgenthau in his influential Polis among Nation:“manisconeol oer the minds and actions of other men Thus, power ite wea, isthe capa to produce erin resus Unlike wea, however, power cn not be untied nded, it canot be overemphasized that power has an inpatantpycholgial dimension, Perepton of power raion ate of eritcal importance: asa consequence, funda rental ask of statesmen is to manipulate the perception of othe statesmen regarding the dis tribution of ower. Moreover, powers elativeto a spi sitation ost of circumstances there isto single hierarchy of power in international relations, Power may take many forms—miltary. economic, opsycologicsl—though, i the inal analy, force is the ukimare form of poe. Finally the inabily 1 predic the behavior of st signif others rte outcome of events if cance. Uncertaimgy regarding the distribution of power and te ability of the statesmen to contd ‘evens plays an important tle in incernational relations. Ukimatey the determination of she Aisaibuion of power can te made only in retro spect asa consequence of wa. His precisely for this eason hat war has ha unforrunatey, such 4 cena pce inthe hisory of iteration relations. In short, power is am elsive concept indeed upon which to eect science of politi, The dsinction***berweea economics asthe i cence of wealth and pots the scence of power is esemially an analytical ne. In dhe eal word wealth and power are wkimaey joined. This, in fact is the basic ational fora politcal ecomomy of tteationa relations. Ba n onde o develop theargument of tis study, wealth and power will tbe ated, a st forth moment, 8 aaltically distince, To provide a perspective on the mature of pica ecomomy, the next setan ofthe chapter wll discs the three preaing conceptions of poli economy: beralisn, Marxism, and er anvils, Liberalism regsds polities and evo nomics as rdlavely sparble and autonomous spheres of activites: I assoate mos professional conomists as wells many other acaderics, bus resmen, and American oficals with this out look, Maryam efirs to tv radical critique of cepitalsm idemfied with Kal Marc and his com temporary dail aconding to this conception, economics determines plies and politcal stu ture Mercanilis is amare questionable term because ofits historical asaiaton withthe desire of pation tates for a ade spas and for weasure (money). Oe mus ditngsh, homer, berween the speci foom mescanlim cok in the seven general tect and eightcrth cenaies and the cvlook of mercatisicshwght. The esence of the mercantile perspecti, whether itis ke economic nationalism, pe urine of the German Histrcal Schoo, isthe sub servence of the economy to the state and its Gilpin The Nature of Patcsl Economy 5 inersts—imerests that ange fiom matters of domestic ele ths ofinterational scsi Jes his more general meaning of mera thas implied bythe use of the em in hissy Three Conceptions of Political Economy The thre pean conceptions of poll econ omy dle on many pis, See ita die coves wil be examined in his bef compan. (See Tble9.1) The Nature of Economic Relations ‘The basic assumprion of liberalism is that che ‘acu of imemaionalecanomi elton iesen aly harmonious Herein ly she great inlet jnnovaion of Adam Sith, Disputing his me

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