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.
Representing Public Credit: Credible commitment, fiction, and the rise of the financial subject
1st Edition
By Natalie Roxburgh
August 14, 2020
Public credit was controversial in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England. It entailed new ways of thinking about the individual in relation to the State and was for many reasons a site of cultural negotiation and debate. At the same time, it required commitment from participants in order to ...
Resisting Financialization with Deleuze and Guattari
1st Edition
By Charles Barthold
August 14, 2020
Resisting Financialization with Deleuze and Guattari aims to provide a contribution in relation to three main areas: the understanding of contemporary capitalism and financialization from a critical perspective; the analysis of resistance to financialization; and the better understanding of the ...
The Fascist Nature of Neoliberalism
1st Edition
By Andrea Micocci, Flavia Di Mario
August 14, 2020
Capitalism is based on a false logic in which all facts and ideas are reduced to a consideration of their ‘feasibility’ within the capitalist system. Thus, all mainstream economic and political theories, including those such as Marxism which are supposed to offer an alternative vision, have been ...
The Political Economy of Contemporary Spain: From Miracle to Mirage
1st Edition
Edited
By Luis Buendía, Ricardo Molero-Simarro
August 14, 2020
The so-called ‘Spanish miracle’, beginning in the mid-1990s, eventually became a nightmare for the majority of the population, culminating in the present-day economic and political crisis. This book explores the main features of the Spanish political-economic model during both the growth and crisis...
The Political Economy of Lula’s Brazil
1st Edition
Edited
By Pedro Chadarevian
August 14, 2020
The Political Economy of Lula’s Brazil describes the social, political and economic transformations that led to increased interest in the tropical giant at the start of the 21st century. This volume demonstrates that Brazil’s rise was the result of the adoption of heterodox economic policies, while...
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
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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
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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 ...