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.
A Classical-Keynesian Approach to Macroeconomics: Growth, Production, and the Environment
1st Edition
Edited
By Eladio Febrero, Maria Angeles Cadarso, Ferran Portella-Carbó
October 02, 2026
Presenting a robust alternative to mainstream economics, this book outlines a coherent Classical-Keynesian approach to economics - one grounded in the Classical theory of value, the Keynesian principle of effective demand, and the post-Keynesian perspective on money and finance. The chapters from ...
Marx, the State, and Primitive Accumulation: Rethinking Dispossession Under Capitalism
1st Edition
By Raju J Das
September 21, 2026
Critically engaging with contributions from both the Global North and South, this book offers a systematic rethinking of Marx’s concept of primitive accumulation and its relevance to contemporary capitalism. The book argues that recent attempts to reinterpret dispossession often suffer from ...
Disequilibrium Economics: Fluctuations in the U.S. Postwar Economy
1st Edition
By Gérard Duménil, Dominique Levy
September 14, 2026
This book is about macroeconomics as a major field of economic theory. The reference to "alternative macroeconomic theory" emphasizes the distance from mainstream and Keynesian economics. There are important groundings in this book, notably in Marxian, Keynesian, Schumpeterian, and Minskian ...
Growth Models and Structural Change: Regional Varieties and Socioeconomic Impacts
1st Edition
Edited
By Daniel Herrero, Miguel Á. Casaú
September 10, 2026
Connecting comparative political economy with structural economics, this book explores the relationship between national growth models and economic structures and considers the impacts of both growth models and structural change on various arenas include gender and environmental issues. The ...
The BRICs and the Global Agrifood System: Varieties of Capitalism and Food Regime Transformation
1st Edition
Edited
By Fabiano Escher
August 20, 2026
The BRICS grouping - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - jointly founded the New Development Bank and the Contingent Reserve Arrangement as part of their efforts to constitute a trade, monetary and geopolitical bloc. However, an inability to deal collectively with external pressures, ...
Derivatives and the Transformation of Capitalism
1st Edition
By Marcelo Milan
July 22, 2026
This book discusses the astonishing rise of so-called derivatives, economic instruments related to different types of risks, and the changes this has imposed to the functioning of advanced capitalist economies. The market for derivatives has grown exponentially since the 1980s, and today dwarfs ...
Reimagining the Welfare State
1st Edition
By Celia Lessa Kerstenetzky
July 17, 2026
New social risks, ranging from profound transformations in labour markets to rising inequality and the climate crisis, are reshaping contemporary societies and demanding innovative forms of social policy. This book argues that the critical expansion of public social services is central to ...
Bank Profitability and Interest Rates: An Endogenous Money Theory Perspective
1st Edition
By Riccardo Zolea
July 13, 2026
In recent years many financial and monetary issues have been clarified and explained by post-Keynesian theory, but some open questions remain on the functioning of the bank and the role of bank profitability in interest rate determination and distributive conflict. The book identifies a banking ...
Heterodox Economics and Social Policy: Reassessing Equality of Opportunity and Equality of Place
1st Edition
Edited
By Camilo Andrés Guevara Castañeda
June 29, 2026
This book critically examines the theoretical and practical foundations of contemporary social policy through the lens of heterodox economic thought. Despite decades of academic debate and institutional reform, contemporary social policy remains largely anchored in the liberal tradition of equality...
Sustainable Economic Development: Perspectives from Political Economy and Economics Pluralism
1st Edition
Edited
By Giorgos Meramveliotakis, Manolis Manioudis
June 22, 2026
Drawing on political economy and economic pluralism, this book explores issues in sustainable economic development from a macro perspective. In contrast to the vast majority of studies on contemporary development problems, which are focused on micro-level theory, method, and policy, this volume ...
Corruption and the Sustainable Development Goals
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert Gillanders, Chandan Kumar Jha
June 19, 2026
With a chapter devoted to each of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this edited book explores the evidence that corruption is a strong impediment to achieving the SDGs and that strong anti-corruption policy is essential if any are to be achieved. For some of the goals, there...
Keynes and Macroeconomics: An Alternative Theory of Employment, Finance and Sustainability
1st Edition
By Arne Heise
June 19, 2026
In 1936 John Maynard Keynes published a book that he believed would revolutionise the way the world thinks about economic problems: The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money. Although the book became the foundation of a particular approach to economic theorising – later termed ...