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.
Explaining Wealth Inequality: Property, Possession and Policy Reform
1st Edition
By Benedict Atkinson
May 31, 2023
This book discusses the origins of wealth inequality and explains how societies can reform to avoid the catastrophe of inequality-induced social breakdown. It develops a theoretical and practical understanding of the principles behind the concept of ownership and property, complete with historical ...
Financialization of the Economy, Business, and Household Inequality in the United States: A Historical–Institutional Balance-Sheet Approach
1st Edition
By Kurt Mettenheim, Olivier Butzbach
May 31, 2023
This second volume on the political and social economy of financialization in the US focuses on the consequences of the rise of finance for the American macroeconomy, household inequality, and the management of nonfinancial business enterprises. A historical–institutional balance-sheet approach to...
Institutional Change after the Great Recession: European Growth Models at the Crossroads
1st Edition
Edited
By Luis Cárdenas del Rey, Javier de Arribas Cámara
May 31, 2023
This book combines demand-led growth models and the institutionalist approach, in order to explain the macroeconomic performance of the main European countries in recent years followed by which a coherent explanation of the institutional change since the Great Recession, including the economic ...
Political Economy of Contemporary Italy: The Economic Crisis and State Intervention
1st Edition
By Nicolò Giangrande
May 31, 2023
Drawing on Kaleckian and Kaldorian approaches, Political Economy of Contemporary Italy: The Economic Crisis and State Intervention explores the reasons behind the stagnation of the Italian economy from the 1970s and suggests policy solutions to ease the crisis. The central thesis of the book is ...
Political Economy of Financialization in the United States: A Historical–Institutional Balance-Sheet Approach
1st Edition
By Kurt Mettenheim
May 31, 2023
Combining balance sheet analysis with historical institutional analysis, this book traces the evolution of social sector financial balance sheets in the US from 1960 to 2018. This innovative historical-institutional approach, ranging from the micro level of households to the macro level of the ...
Reconfiguring the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Geo-Economic Pipe Dreams Versus Geopolitical Realities
1st Edition
By Jeremy Garlick
May 31, 2023
There has been a great deal of speculation and prognostication about the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The project’s name suggests it is intended to be an ‘economic corridor’ connecting Pakistan overland with China’s Xinjiang province. This book examines whether CPEC’s primary purpose is...
The International Political Economy of the Renminbi: Currency Internationalization and Reactive Currency Statecraft
1st Edition
By Hyoung-kyu Chey
May 31, 2023
Although the internationalization of the Chinese renminbi is an important international political event, most of the studies of it place their analytical focuses largely just on China itself, the issuer of the currency. In contrast, this book addresses the question of how foreign states have ...
The Political Economy of Transnational Governance: China and Southeast Asia in the 21st Century
1st Edition
By Hong Liu
May 31, 2023
The past two decades have witnessed far-reaching socioeconomic and political changes in Asia, such as the growing intraregional flows of capital, goods, people, and knowledge, the rise of China as the world’s second largest economy, and its increasing influence in Southeast Asia, intensified ...
A History of International Monetary Diplomacy, 1867 to the Present: The Rise of the Guardian State and Economic Sovereignty in a Globalizing World
1st Edition
By Giulio M. Gallarotti
January 09, 2023
This book is about how the rise of democracy has transformed economics over the past 150 years. As voting was expanded to the masses in the late 19th century, political leaders faced emergent pressures to deliver prosperity to their newly enfranchised populations. This led to the rise of the ...
Capital Theory and Political Economy: Prices, Income Distribution and Stability
1st Edition
By Lefteris Tsoulfidis
January 09, 2023
In recent years, there have been a number of new developments in what came to be known as the "Capital Theory Debates". The debates took place mainly during the 1960s as a result of Piero Sraffa's critique of the neoclassical theory according to which the prices of factors of production directly ...
China’s Belt and Road Initiative: The Impact on Sub-regional Southeast Asia
1st Edition
Edited
By Christian Ploberger, Soavapa Ngampamuan, Tao Song
January 09, 2023
This book evaluates China’s relations with sub-regional Southeast Asia through its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation framework. The book looks at domestic drivers and regional receptivity of China’s Belt and Road Initiative and also delves into the challenges of ...
Financialisation in the Automotive Industry: Capital and Labour in Contemporary Society
1st Edition
By Marcelo José do Carmo, Mário Sacomano Neto, Julio Cesar Donadone
January 09, 2023
Where presidents or members of affluent families were previously seen, it is increasingly the case that car manufacturers are owned by banks and investment funds which have taken control of the entire economic life of these firms. This has significant impact on the terms of employment and layoffs, ...