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International political economy deals with the relationships between countries in trade, money, capital and migration which also entails the relationship within each country between domestic and international interests.
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Daunton, M. (2018). International Political Economy. In: Cardinale, I., Scazzieri, R. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Political Economy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-44254-3_17
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