Global Challenges in Political Economy
The Political Economy of the Energy Transition in Latin America: Between Extractivism and Sustainable Development
1st Edition
Edited
By Hannes Warnecke-Berger, Hans-Jürgen Burchardt
March 31, 2026
The persistence of extractivism in Latin America is a central issue in contemporary debates on global sustainability and the curse of the energy transition. This book explores these pressing concerns by analysing the tensions between the energy transition, extractivism, and green development in ...
Political Economy of Algeria: Extractivism, Rents and Populism
1st Edition
By Ouchichi Mourad
December 12, 2025
Algeria, the largest country in North Africa, is geopolitically significant due to its strategic location and natural resources. Despite its potential, the country remains entrenched in a rent-based economy, heavily dependent on hydrocarbon exports, a situation that has persisted since its ...
The Political Economy of Elites in Latin America
1st Edition
Edited
By Jan Ickler, Rebeca Ramos Padrón
December 31, 2024
Recent years have seen renewed interest in elites around the world, and their interconnection with power, privilege, social stratification, and social change. The contributors to this edited volume explore the many facets of the role of elites in the political economy of Latin America: their ...
The Political Economy of Extractivism: Global Perspectives on the Seduction of Rent
1st Edition
Edited
By Hannes Warnecke-Berger, Jan Ickler
December 18, 2024
For many countries, primarily in the Global South, extractivism – the exploiting and exporting of natural resources – is big business. For those exporting countries, natural resource rents create hope and promise for development which can be a seductive force. This book explores the depth of ...
Taxation and Inequality in Latin America: New Perspectives on Political Economy and Tax Regimes
1st Edition
Edited
By Philip Fehling, Hans-Jürgen Burchardt
November 28, 2024
Taxation and Inequality in Latin America takes a heterodox political economy approach, focusing on Latin America, where current problems of taxation have existed for a century and great wealth contrasts with abject poverty. The book analyzes the relation of natural resource wealth, allocational ...
Global Rentier Capitalism: Theory and Development
1st Edition
Edited
By Balihar Sanghera
September 16, 2024
Recent work on rent and rentierism has offered a distinctive and fresh approach to understanding and explaining contemporary capitalism. Drawing on political economy, economics, geography and sociology, this research has brought together distinct theoretical traditions in original and fertile ways ...