Global Political Economy: Problems in a Transforming International Order

This project seeks to rethink how undergraduate and graduate students approach Global Political Economy (GPE) in a context of profound transformation and uncertainty. It proposes a conceptual, pluralist, and problem-oriented approach, drawing on different perspectives to understand concrete phenomena in the global economy.

Following Susan Strange, the book understands GPE not as a closed discipline, but as a framework for analysing the human condition and how it has been affected by the growing interconnectedness and interdependence of economic, political, and social transformations. From this perspective, it places power at the centre of the analysis and examines how actors and social relations operate within power structures such as security, production, finance, and knowledge.

Building on this foundation, the book identifies four major transformations shaping twenty-first-century GPE: profound global power shifts, the rise of the Anthropocene, acceleration of technological transformations, and the growing importance of identity politics.