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.
Economic Policies of Populist Leaders: A Central and Eastern European Perspective
1st Edition
Edited
By István Benczes
September 29, 2025
Providing a comparative analysis of Central and Eastern European economies, this book explores the economic impacts of populism in those countries in the region which have seen some form of populist rule. Populism has been thriving in the new member states of the EU ever since the outburst of the ...
Rethinking Economic Theories: A New Political Economy for the Biosphere
1st Edition
By Tiago Cardão-Pito
September 29, 2025
In recent times, economic theories have provided the dominant explanations of how to understand and organize human societies. This book argues that the study of economic theories must not be restricted to the disciplines of economics, political economy, or economic sociology and must encompass our ...
Social Inequality and Human Security: Case Studies from Asia
1st Edition
Edited
By Christian Ploberger
September 05, 2025
This book collates case studies of national and subnational efforts to alleviate inequality and implement development and security policy more effectively, collaboratively, and multidimensionally.While inequality is a fundamental developmental challenge and a global phenomenon, responsibility ...
Cooperative Firms and the Sustainable Development Goals: Pursuing Decent Work and Reducing Inequality
1st Edition
By Jae Myong Koh
August 29, 2025
With growing economic inequality and threats to the sustainability of human societies, Koh argues that cooperatives can play an important role in promoting decent work and reducing economic inequality in the twenty-first century and thus urges policy makers to reignite policy discussions on ...
Political Economy of Eco-sustainable Alternatives: Progressive and Equitable Futures
1st Edition
By Richard Westra
August 22, 2025
Westra recounts how the unceremonious collapse of Soviet-style socialism, coupled with mounting awareness of unfolding environmental destruction and irreversible climate change opened the door to a new, wide-ranging, social change literature. In this exciting book, he begins by tracing out the case...
Real World Economics: Methodological, Theoretical, and Critical Issues
1st Edition
By Victor A. Beker
August 15, 2025
The starting point of this book is that economics is an applied science: a tool to understand the real-world economy and a guide for economic policy. In contrast to the unrealistic and artificial models of neoclassical economics, the book argues that the point of departure for economic theory ...
The Political Economy of Foreign Direct Investment in Korea: Evolution, Dynamics, and Contradictions
1st Edition
By You-il Lee, Richard Lee, Yoon-Jong Jang
August 15, 2025
One of the most spectacular phenomena in the South Korean political economy has been the remarkable escalation of international capital investment, particularly inward foreign direct investment (FDI). This book provides an in-depth look at the evolution of FDI in Korea, from the late 1990s to ...
The Macroeconomics of Unemployment: Causes and Eradication
1st Edition
By Bernard Schmitt
August 07, 2025
This book explores unemployment from a monetary macroeconomics perspective, identifying the pathology at the origin of unemployment and the principles of reform that will enable a passage from capitalism to post‑capitalism. Bernard Schmitt explores the problem of involuntary unemployment by ...
Populism and Modern Monetary Theory: Exploring the Rise of Milei in Argentina
1st Edition
By Can Cinar
August 06, 2025
Centred on Javier Milei’s recent ascent, this book explores the cyclical nature of Argentina's economic crises and the corresponding rise of populist leaders. It argues that populism represents a revolutionary stance that should be reclaimed by progressive movements, examining the relationship ...
Economic Theory for the Real World
1st Edition
By Victor A. Beker
July 31, 2025
After the Great Financial Crisis, economic theory was fiercely criticized from both outside and inside the discipline for being incapable of explaining a crisis of such magnitude. Slowly but persistently, new strands of economic thought are developing, to replace the old-fashioned neoclassical ...
Political Economy of the Firm: Authority, Governance, and Economic Democracy
1st Edition
By Helena Lopes, Christophe Clerc
July 31, 2025
An alternative theory of the firm is needed that helps better understand the nature and actual functioning of firms as well as the challenges raised by digital platform firms. In defining firms as economic collective ventures organised by political means, this book offers a “political economy” ...
What is Financialization?
1st Edition
By Taner Akan, Halil İbrahim Gündüz
July 31, 2025
This book introduces a new and original analytic approach to defining, understanding, and explaining financialization. It provides a precise and quantifiable definition of financialization, disaggregating financialization into its three varieties. These are examined through the lens of financial ...