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.
Corruption and the Sustainable Development Goals
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert Gillanders, Chandan Jha
June 19, 2026
With a chapter devoted to each of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, this edited volume 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 is much existing...
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 revolutionize 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 theorizing—later termed ...
Nativism and Capitalism: From Colonial Hauntings to Radical Indigenous Futures
1st Edition
By Peter Bloom
June 09, 2026
Nativism and Capitalism: From Colonial Hauntings to Radical Indigenous Futures offers a sweeping reappraisal of nativism as a central force within global capitalism rather than a simple reaction against it. Peter Bloom shows how the figure of the “native,” inherited from colonial rule, continues to...
Public Economics and Democracy: The Moral Foundations of Economic Governance
1st Edition
By Shahzavar Karimzadi
June 05, 2026
In mainstream public economics it is tacitly implied that all facets of the public sector can be managed efficiently and fairly by any type of government. By contrast, this book argues that only a democratic government that can meet the conditions of legitimacy and economic efficiency that is ...
Nation, Imperialism and Capitalism: A Critique
1st Edition
By John Milios
May 22, 2026
Exploring the interdependence of capital accumulation with imperialist tendencies and nationalism, this book investigates the workings of contemporary capitalism. By systematically addressing nationalism and the imperialist tendencies inherent in capitalist social formations – to expand ...
The Future of the International Monetary System: Adjustment or Reform
1st Edition
Edited
By Fabio Masini, Bernard Snoy et d’Oppuers
April 09, 2026
With the current architecture of global monetary institutions and governance reaching crisis point, this book engages with the scholarly and policy debates that have emerged around alternative devices and structures for the management of the international economy. The key question underpinning this...
Social Justice and the Economics of Happiness: A Critical Taxonomy
1st Edition
By Hardy Bouillon
March 19, 2026
Addressing challenging questions at the intersection of happiness research and theories of justice, this book explores the extent to which redistribution of material goods can promote the happiness of the recipient and which form of redistribution best serves this purpose: state redistribution in ...
Financialization of Nature in Latin America: From Neo-Extractivism to Financial Alternatives
1st Edition
Edited
By Monika Meireles, Vania López, Elizabeth Concha, Antonio Mendoza
March 06, 2026
Highlighting how the financialization-driven economy has played a significant role in exacerbating the climate crisis, particularly in the Global South, this book examines the relationship between the prevailing economic model and its environmental impact. The chapters in this edited volume focus ...
A Marxist Analysis of the Soviet Economy
1st Edition
By Erwan Moysan
March 05, 2026
Analysing Soviet economic history through the lens of Marx’s critique of political economy, this book argues that the Soviet Union was a young capitalist country and, further, explains the collapse of the Soviet Union as the result of a capitalist crisis. This book provides a comprehensive overview...
Capital and Capitalism: The Role of Economic Calculation in the Market Economy
1st Edition
By Eduard Braun
February 27, 2026
Capitalism is an economic system where almost all production and trade activities are organised by enterprises whose purpose is to maximise the return on the capital that has been invested in them. Economists, however, have almost universally defined capital in a way that makes it impossible for ...
Neoliberal Economic Policy and Alternatives for France: An Empirical SFC Perspective
1st Edition
By Luis Reyes, Jacques Mazier, Chin Yuan Chong
February 12, 2026
This book offers a comprehensive exploration of how empirical stock-flow consistent (SFC) modelling can be used as a tool for macroeconomic analysis. Based on a coherent framework rooted in national accounting principles, SFC models, which integrate both financial and real economy variables, are ...
Government and Economic Growth in the 21st Century: A Classical Liberal Response
1st Edition
Edited
By Juan E. Castañeda
January 01, 2026
This book offers an alternative view of the economy – and indeed, society – that does not rely on an ever-expanding government to address the problems which individuals typically face during their lives. The book is a Classical Liberal response to the way leading economies have been (mis)managed in...