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.
Commodity: The Global Commodity System in the 21st Century
1st Edition
By Photis Lysandrou
June 30, 2020
The 21st century marks a watershed in the history of the human economic condition. Income and wealth inequalities are now greater than ever before – and their role in the global financial crisis is one of the burning issues of today.Commodity looks at the great financial crisis from an entirely ...
Economics, Ethics and Power: From Behavioural Rules to Global Structures
1st Edition
By Hasse Ekstedt
June 30, 2020
Economic theory in its neoclassical form is sometimes regarded as free from values; it is simply the theory of economic exchange. This can only hold true if we accept the idea of "Homo Economicus" and the equilibrium economy. But in the real world, away from neoclassical models, there is no ...
Economies of Death: Economic logics of killable life and grievable death
1st Edition
Edited
By Patricia J. Lopez, Kathryn A. Gillespie
June 30, 2020
Economies of Death: Economic Logics of Killable Life and Grievable Death examines the economic logic involved in determining whose lives and deaths come to matter and why. Drawing from eight distinct case studies focused on the killability and grievability of certain humans, animals, and ...
Free Cash, Capital Accumulation and Inequality
1st Edition
By Craig Allan Medlen
June 30, 2020
Investment is the engine of growth. In consequence, the social welfare of the populace depends on the expectations of uncertain profitability as understood by the agents of a wealthy few who decide upon levels of investment. As private wealth is intimately tied to the investment process, the ...
Liberal Learning and the Art of Self-Governance
1st Edition
Edited
By Emily Chamlee-Wright
June 30, 2020
Concerns over affordability and accountability have tended to direct focus away from the central aims of liberal learning, such as preparing minds for free inquiry and inculcating the habits of mind, practical skills, and values necessary for effective participation in civil society. The ...
Supranational Political Economy: The Globalisation of the State–Market Relationship
1st Edition
By Guido Montani
June 30, 2020
With the ending of the Cold War and the rise of a nationalistic ‘America First’ strategy, the post-war liberal international order, based upon the hegemonic power of the USA, is fading away. In its place, a multipolar world is emerging which, while offering some the hope of a better future, is also...
The Continuing Imperialism of Free Trade: Developments, Trends and the Role of Supranational Agents
1st Edition
Edited
By Jo Grady, Chris Grocott
June 30, 2020
In 1953, John Gallagher and Ronald Robinson shook the foundations of imperial history with their essay ‘The Imperialism of Free Trade’. They reshaped how historians saw the British empire, focussing not on the ‘red bits on the map’ and the wishes of policy makers in London, but rather on British ...
The Creation of Wealth and Poverty: Means and Ways
1st Edition
By Hassan Bougrine
June 30, 2020
The Creation of Wealth and Poverty is a study of the means and ways by which wealth and poverty are created in both developed and developing countries. It puts a particular emphasis on the role played by economic policy in shaping the stratification of modern societies through specific programmes ...
The Pedagogy of Economic, Political and Social Crises: Dynamics, Construals and Lessons
1st Edition
Edited
By Bob Jessop, Karim Knio
June 30, 2020
Crises have been studied in many disciplines and from diverse perspectives for at least 150 years. Yet recent decades have seen a marked increase in the crisis literature, reflecting growing awareness of crisis phenomena from the 1970s onwards.Responding to this mainstream literature, this edited ...
Intimate Economies of Immigration Detention: Critical perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Deirdre Conlon, Nancy Hiemstra
December 12, 2019
International migration has been described as one of the defining issues of the twenty-first century. While a lot is known about the complex nature of migratory flows, surprisingly little attention has been given to one of the most prominent responses by governments to human mobility: the practice ...
Political Economy as Natural Theology: Smith, Malthus and Their Followers
1st Edition
By Paul Oslington
December 12, 2019
Since the early 20th century, economics has been the dominant discourse in English-speaking countries, displacing Christian theology from its previous position of authority. This path-breaking book is a major contribution to the interdisciplinary dialogue between economics and religion.Oslington ...
Qualitative Methods in Economics
1st Edition
By Mirjana Radović-Marković, Beatrice Avolio Alecchi
December 12, 2019
Despite numerous books on research methodology, many have failed to present a complete, hands-on, practical book to lead college classes or individuals through the research process. We are seeing more and more scientific papers from all research fields that fail to meet the basic criteria in terms ...