Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
About the Book Series
In recent years, there has been widespread criticism of mainstream economics. This has taken many forms, from methodological critiques of its excessive formalism, to concern about its failure to connect with many of the most pressing social issues. This series provides a forum for research which is developing alternative forms of economic analysis. Reclaiming the traditional 'political economy' title, it refrains from emphasising any single school of thought, but instead attempts to foster greater diversity within economics.
The Political Economy of Corruption
1st Edition
Edited
By Chandan Kumar Jha, Ajit Mishra, Sudipta Sarangi
December 19, 2024
Corruption, commonly defined as the misuse of public office for private gains, is multifaceted, multidimensional and ubiquitous. This edited collection, featuring contributions from leading scholars in the field of corruption, goes beyond the standard enforcement framework wherein individuals only ...
COVID-19 and Economic Development in Latin America: Theoretical Debates, Financing Dilemmas and Post-Pandemic Scenarios
1st Edition
Edited
By Monika Meireles, Bruno De Conti, Diego Guevara
December 18, 2024
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy, just as with the Great Recession a decade earlier, has served to reinforce the fact that the world is hierarchically organized and the distribution of power between countries is distinctly asymmetric. Gathering multiple viewpoints of Latin ...
Human Economics: Paradigms, Systems, and Dynamics
1st Edition
By Sara Casagrande
December 18, 2024
The term “human economics” is sometimes used within economic theory with the hope of repositioning economic discipline as a human and social science, but with scarce success. Indeed, although great economists have always carefully considered human nature, it has been largely neglected in ...
New Economic Statecraft: China, the United States and the European Union
1st Edition
By Zhang Xiaotong
December 18, 2024
This book provides insights on the art of governing a state and managing its external relations from a wealth-power logic. It looks at "economic statecraft", which consists of wealth production, wealth mobilization, and wealth-power conversion by a state. This book reconceptualizes what economic ...
New Institutional Economics as Situational Logic: A Phenomenological Perspective
1st Edition
By Piet de Vries
December 18, 2024
Drawing on phenomenological and realist approaches, this book surveys the theoretical evolution of new institutional economics. For all its popularity and explanatory power, new institutional economics is not a homogenous field but encompasses a range of different theoretical approaches starting ...
The Knowledge Problems of European Financial Market Integration: Paradoxes of the Market
1st Edition
By Troels Krarup
December 18, 2024
Since the creation of the euro and a European Central Bank, the European Union has persistently pursued financial market integration throughout periods of economic growth, membership enlargements, financial breakdown, and political crisis. While traditionally analysed in terms of clashing ...
The Scottish Economy and Nationalism: Constructing Scotland’s Imagined Economy
1st Edition
By James Foley
December 18, 2024
Scotland’s economic capacity to prosper independently of Britain has become a key political issue, dominating the independence referendum of 2014 and continuing to influence British politics since. But, as this book shows, the Scottish economy is not merely a statistical object – it is also a ...
Beyond Ecological Economics and Development: Critical Reflections on the Thought of Manfred Max-Neef
1st Edition
Edited
By Luis Valenzuela, María del Valle Barrera
November 29, 2024
The interrelationship among development, environment, and human needs is one of the key issues being faced by the world today. The Chilean economist, Manfred Max-Neef, was a leading thinker on this dynamic, and this book provides both an introduction to and analysis of his work and ideas. Arranged ...
Marxist Political Economy and Bourdieu: Economic and Cultural Capital, Classes and State
1st Edition
By George Economakis, Theofanis Papageorgiou
November 28, 2024
This book systematically addresses Bourdieu’s key ideas and concepts in the context of Marxist thought. In this book, Bourdieu’s central theoretical points are analyzed within a political, sociological and politico-economic framework which allows for the development of a sequential narrative of his...
Post-Keynesian Theories of the Firm: Kalecki and Radical Uncertainty
1st Edition
By Nobantu L. Mbeki
November 28, 2024
Within Post-Keynesian economics there is a spectrum of approaches to theories of the firm but what they have in common, to their great benefit, is a proper integration of the concept of radical uncertainty: data that cannot be known. This book revisits Kalecki’s theory of the firm is located to ...
Corporate Financialization: An Economic Sociology Perspective
1st Edition
By Marcelo José do Carmo, Mário Sacomano Neto, Julio Cesar Donadone
October 09, 2024
The economic process of financialization is defined by many as the development of the dependence and subordination of the productive sector to the financial sector. Leading to an emphasis on maximizing shareholder value above all else, the financialization of the economy and production has an ...
Critical Theory and Economics: Philosophical Notes on Contemporary Inequality
1st Edition
By Robin Maialeh
October 08, 2024
This book expands upon a range of economic insights within the overall context of critical theory, particularly with respect to the question of socioeconomic inequalities, and presents an explanation of how critical theory provides a number of interesting perspectives for economists. Economic ...