本书以国际政治经济领域为基础,主要取材于近年公开出版的英文原版著作和在国际上具有重要影响的专业期刊,具有理论分析与现实政治经济相结合的特点。全书共分七个单元,每个单元都反映了国际政治经济的特定领域。为方便教学和读者自学,本书配有十万余字的英文注释,主要涉及课文的特定背景知识、术语解释和部分语言难点。本书在内容选取和注释两方面注重从总体上阐明第二次世界大战后国际政治经济发展的基本脉络,有助于读者全面提升其专业英语水平和国际政治经济专业知识。

List Abbreviations with Chinese Translations
Unit One
Text:The Political Economy of Postindustrial America
Exercises
Reading Passage One:The Political Economy of Postindustrial America
Unit Two
Text:The Transformation of Western Europe
Reading Passage One:The Origins of the European Union
Reading Passage Two:The Three Pillars of the European Union and the Future of the EU
Unit Three
Text:The Euro after Two Years
Exercises
Reading Passage One:The Legalization of EU Foreign Policy
Reading Passage Two:Building a Comprehensive Partnership with China
Unit Four
Text:Japan:A Rising Sun
Exercises
Reading Passage One:Japan:The Way Ahead
Reading Passage Two:Nonproliferation As a Goal of Japanese Foreign Assistance
Unit Five
Text:Russia's Phony Capitalism
Exercises
Reading Passage One:A precarious Peace
Reading Passage Two:Putin's Plutocrat Problem
Unit Six
Text:The Balkans'Lethal Nationalism
Exercises
Reading Passage One:Is the Baltic States Geography Destiny?
Reading Passage Two:Post-Visegrad Cooperation in East Central Europe
Unit Seven
Text:Meanings and Objectives of the Third World
Exercises
Reading Passage One:The Third Word and New World Order:Issues and Fears
Reading Passage Two:The New World Order and the Third World Implications for the 1990s
Appendix Ⅰ:Key to Exercises
Appendix Ⅱ:Chinese Translation of the Texts
Appendix Ⅲ:Glossary