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.
Uncertainty in Economic Theory
1st Edition
Edited
By Itzhak Gilboa
May 01, 2013
This volume brings together important papers, coupled with new introductions, in the massively influential area of uncertainty in economic theory. Seminal papers are available together for the first time in book format, with new introductions and under the steely editorship of Itzhak Gilboa - this ...
Clinton and Blair: The Political Economy of the Third Way
1st Edition
By Flavio Romano
March 21, 2013
The former President of the United States, Bill Clinton and, at the time of publication, still current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair have described their style of government as a ‘Third Way’. In this important and timely book, Flavio Romano identifies and clarifies the ...
Globalization and the Myths of Free Trade: History, Theory and Empirical Evidence
1st Edition
By Anwar Shaikh
March 05, 2013
The world has become a human laboratory for the momentous social experiment called neoliberalism. Its proclaimed purpose is to reduce global poverty, its protocols are derived from the orthodox theory of competitive free markets and its policies are enforced by the full weight of the rich countries...
Political Economy of Human Rights: Rights, Realities and Realization
1st Edition
By Bas de Gaay Fortman
September 25, 2012
Political Economy of Human Rights is the first complete text covering and discussing human rights from a political economy perspective. Confronting international human rights with both global and local economic-political realities, this book entails a full shake-up of the UN led mission for human ...
The Cognitive Mechanics of Economic Development and Institutional Change
1st Edition
By Bertin Martens
September 25, 2012
This book seeks to explain long-term economic development and institutional change in terms of the cognitive features of human learning and communication processes. Martens links individual cognitive processes to macroeconomic growth theories, including economies of scale and scope, and to theories...
The Price Index and its Extension: A Chapter in Economic Measurement
1st Edition
By S.N. Afriat
September 25, 2012
The book is not an unrestricted survey engaging a vast and repetative literature, but a systematic treatise within clear boundaries, largely a document of Afriat's own work. The original motive of the work is to elaborate a concept of what really is a price index, which, despite some kind of ...
Choice in Everyday Life: Individuals, Incommensurability and Democracy
1st Edition
By Robert Urquhart
September 18, 2012
Social choice and decision-making are key topics in economic theory and Robert Urquhart delves into the world of philosophy in this superb new book....
Individualism and the Social Order: The Social Element in Liberal Thought
1st Edition
By Charles McCann
September 10, 2012
Liberalism is typically misconceived as a philosophy of individualism, which cannot accept that man exists in society and that man's values are shaped by that society.This book attempts to identify the role of community and society in the political and social thought of leading liberal social ...
Rethinking Capitalist Development: Essays on the Economics of Josef Steindl
1st Edition
Edited
By Tracy Mott, Nina Shapiro
September 10, 2012
This collection honours the work of the eminent economist Josef Steindl. Steindl's work is illuminated through a critical appraisal of its central constructs with a focus on its relevance to current economic conditions. This collection charts the thinking of one of the leading economic theorists of...
The Flawed Foundations of General Equilibrium Theory: Critical Essays on Economic Theory
1st Edition
By Frank Ackerman, Alejandro Nadal, Kevin P. Gallagher
September 10, 2012
This book, as the title suggests, explains how General equilibrium, the dominant conceptual framework in mainstream economics, describes a perfectly impossible world. Even with its counterfactual assumptions taken for granted, it fails on many levels. Under the impressive editorship of Ackerman and...
The Struggle Over Work: The 'End of Work' and Employment Alternatives in Post-Industrial Societies
1st Edition
By Shaun Wilson
September 10, 2012
The future of work in advanced industrial democracies is the subject of intense debate and public concern. Despite predictions that working hours would fall and leisure time would rise as society progressed, the opposite has in fact occurred. This new book contains a twofold investigation into 'the...
Inequality and Power: The Economics of Class
1st Edition
By Eric A. Schutz
July 26, 2012
This book is about the causes and consequences of economic inequality in the advanced market economies of today. It is commonplace that in market systems people choose their own individual economic destinies, but of course the choices people make are importantly determined by the alternatives ...