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.
Labour Market Theory: A Constructive Reassessment
1st Edition
By Ben Fine
September 03, 2013
This book is a commanding assessment of labour market theory across the social sciences. It provides a radically original critique of labour market theory, which draws constructively but critically on existing literature. The work: * contributes to the debates on key issues in labour economics such...
The Measurement of Individual Well-Being and Group Inequalities: Essays in Memory of Z. M. Berrebi
1st Edition
Edited
By Joseph Deutsch, Jacques Silber
September 03, 2013
Although most traditional economic theory puts the individual at the centre of analysis, more recent approaches have acknowledged the importance of a wider sense of identity as a determinant of individual behaviour. Whether it is ethnicity, religion or gender, group membership is a central part of ...
The Political Economy of Diet, Health and Food Policy
1st Edition
By Ben Fine
September 03, 2013
The Political Economy of Diet and Health continues the exploration of food systems theory begun in the author's previous publications. It presents a critical exposition of food systems theory and analyses the existing approaches to food consumption. Subjects include: * resolving the diet paradox * ...
Economic Theory and Social Change: Problems and Revisions
1st Edition
By Hasse Ekstedt, Angelo Fusari
August 07, 2013
This book is a discourse on modelling Man in a social context. Its focus is on economic main-stream theory in its capacity to handle basic problems such as uncertainty, social dynamics and ethics. The point of departure is a systematic critique of the specific methodology of economics and its ...
Modern Applications of Austrian Thought
1st Edition
Edited
By Jürgen G. Backhaus
May 10, 2013
Austrian economics is often criticized as being hostile to empirical research and seen purely as an ideology. In contrast, the purpose of this book is to show that Austrian economics provides an interesting approach to most conceivable subjects in economics. Edited by Jürgen G. Backhaus, this ...
Social Costs and Public Action in Modern Capitalism: Essays Inspired by Karl William Kapp's Theory of Social Costs
1st Edition
By Wolfram Elsner, Pietro Frigato, Paolo Ramazzotti
May 10, 2013
The Social Costs approach to the globalised capitalist market economy has gained new relevance in recent years. The present situation is one of widespread and increasing deterioration of the social, cultural, democratic, and environmental frameworks of advanced capitalist market societies. This ...
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 Sydney 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 ...