International Political Economy (cont.)

International Political Economy is not about 'States' and 'Markets' since the world is more complex than two faces of state and market. To understand, the IPE with state and market is oversimplified.  The four critical perspectives demonstrated to students today.

1. Rational Choice Perspective- it is individual and his interest who influences influence the states and drives the markets. Everyone prefer the better off.  The best choice to achieve his objective.
2. Green Perspective- Nature is a key actor should concert to the security, freedom, and justice. It's the linkage between global and local.  "Think Globally, Act Locally".  The Global problem requires local solution.
3. Feminist Perspective- argued that it is the relation of men and women who made this world-not state act or market force.  Women say "We can make it"
4. Postmodern Perspective- this perspective can not find its clear definition but mostly attacks to the main stream approach.  If you want to know what is the postmodern, we should try to answer this question, "What the postmodern do?", instead.