‘A landmark book by one of the most prominent scholars on political economy,  International Political Economy  is a must-read on economic development for researchers, students, and policy makers, especially for its penetrating critique of conventional economic thinking on development. His thorough treatment of multiple perspectives makes the book useful to interdisciplinary social scientists as well as political economists.’ –  William H. Newell, Executive Director, Association for Integrative Studies &  Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA

‘Ray Miller carefully outlines three competing visions of international political economy. He is admirably fair in his treatment of each, carefully outlining their strengths and weaknesses. The scholarship is impressive: Ray Miller clearly knows what he is talking about. The writing is crisp and clear. No other text in the field comes close to providing such a detailed and even-handed treatment of these three visions. Students using this text should thus be able to choose among these perspectives on their merits, and indeed integrate elements of each in order to generate a more holistic and nuanced understanding of IPE.’ –  Rick Szostak, Professor of Economics, University of Alberta, Canada

‘This is a textbook that will be appreciated by both teachers and students of international political economy. It helps readers to make critical sense of the field by carefully “unpacking” the assumptions that underlie major schools of thought in IPE and explaining how the assumptions of each school connect to their analyses and policy prescriptions. Its full discussion of Keynesian perspectives, as well as its treatment of vital global environmental issues and critical “green IPE” perspectives – shortchanged in many other texts – make it an excellent choice for undergraduate courses.’ –  Glenn Fieldman, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, San Francisco State University, USA

Raymond C. Miller  has been national president of two professional associations: the Association for Integrative Studies and the Society for International Development. He was founding editor of  Issues in Integrative Studies. Professor Miller served as a member of the faculty at San Francisco State  University for 43 years, where he is now Professor Emeritus of International Relations and Social Science.

Financial Development Course

Financial development means some improvements in producing information about possible investments and allocating capital, monitoring firms and exerting corporate governance, trading, diversification, and management of risk, mobilization and pooling of savings, easing the exchange of goods and services.