This forum opens a debate that is long overdue: for far too long, the fields of international political sociology (IPS) and international political economy (IPE) have been standing apart. Discussions take place in different conference sections, in different networks that publish in different journals. Yet, this divide is surprising given that the two fields share similar trajectories, theoretical concerns, problématiques, and conceptual challenges. This forum starts exploring this shared terrain: we believe that there is no a priori reason to separate the sociocultural, the political and the economic when we aim at making sense of the world in any meaningful way. We propose that bridging the IPE-IPS divide has tremendous potential for the development of a socio-political economy analysis that, we believe, has two benefits. First, it allows for the opening of new empirical terrains or deepening and widening existing ones. Second, bringing IPE/S back together creates reflexive spaces for more holistic, embodied and contextualised conceptual innovation. The contributors to this forum show each in their own way such empirical and conceptual added value of moving beyond the IPE and IPS divide in order to develop what we call here a socio-political economy of the globe. They focus on various issues, such as the transformation of capitalism from an oil- to a data-dependent accumulation regime with the rising of the so-called ‘digital age’ (Chenou); the profound social, economic and political transformation triggered by urbanisation in the development world (Elias, Rethel and Tilley); emerging global risks and the neglected role of the insurance industry (Lobo-Guerrero); regional development-security nexuses (Lopez Lucia); and business power in climate change diplomacy (Moussu).

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国际政治经济学 (IPE) 遇到国际政治社会学 (IPS)

这个论坛开启了一场迟来的辩论：长期以来，国际政治社会学（IPS）和国际政治经济学（IPE）领域一直处于分离状态。讨论发生在不同的会议部分，在不同的期刊上发表的不同网络中。然而，鉴于这两个领域具有相似的轨迹、理论关注点、问题和概念挑战，这种分歧令人惊讶。这个论坛开始探索这个共同的领域：我们认为，当我们以任何有意义的方式理解世界时，没有先验的理由将社会文化、政治和经济分开。我们建议弥合 IPE-IPS 鸿沟对于发展社会政治经济分析具有巨大潜力，我们认为这有两个好处。第一的，它允许开辟新的经验领域或深化和扩大现有领域。其次，将 IPE/S 重新组合在一起，为更全面、具体和情境化的概念创新创造了反思空间。本论坛的贡献者以他们自己的方式展示了超越 IPE 和 IPS 鸿沟的经验和概念附加价值，以发展我们在此所说的全球社会政治经济。他们关注各种问题，例如随着所谓的“数字时代”（Chenou）的兴起，资本主义从依赖石油的积累体制转变为依赖数据的积累体制；发展中世界（Elias、Rethel 和 Tilley）的城市化引发了深刻的社会、经济和政治转型；新兴的全球风险和保险业被忽视的作用（Lobo-Guerrero）；区域发展-安全关系（洛佩斯·卢西亚）；和气候变化外交中的商业力量（穆苏）。