This new textbook provides an authoritative analysis of Comparative Political Economy and how it can help us to understand the global capitalist marketplace in the 21st century in all its variant forms. The author provides broad-ranging empirical examples throughout and relates classical concerns to current international affairs.

Introduction: The Focus and Rationale of the Book
1. Comparative Political Economy: Lineages From Classical Political Economy, Linkages To International Political Economy
2. The CPE of Capitalism & Classical Political Economy
3. Disciplinary Politics and the Genealogy of CPE
4. Institutional Analysis and CPE
5. Interests-Based Analysis and CPE
6. Ideational Analysis and CPE
7. The CPE of the State
8. Comparative Capitalisms
9. The CPE of Finance and Corporate Governance
10. The CPE of Welfare
11. The Comparative Method and CPE
Conclusion