国际政治经济学与比较政治经济学

International Political Economy and Comparative Political Economy

国际政治经济学和比较政治经济学是20世纪70年代末新兴起的两个学术领域,前者已经很具规模,后者还在成型的过程中。本文介绍这两个领域在西方(主要是美国)的起源和发展概况,并以此澄清两者的异同,特别是国际政治经济学里的“国际”与比较政治经济学里的“比较”的区别。

International political economy (IPE) and comparative political economy (CPE) are two relatively new Western academic fields that arose in the late 1970s. While IPE has already fully developed, CPE is still in the process of formation. By offering a general introduction to the origins and development of the two fields in the West, especially in the United States, the author clarifies the similarities and differences between the two fields, especially between the two terms, 'international' and 'comparative',that mark the key difference between IPE and CPE.