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.
International Economic and Monetary Architecture at the Crossroads: Bretton Woods at 80
1st Edition
Edited
By Atish R. Ghosh, Fabio Masini
November 18, 2025
The International Monetary Fund and World Bank were founded at the 1944 Bretton Woods conference on the premise that international cooperation and multilateralism would be to the benefit and enrichment of all. Yet, the establishment and evolution of the global financial architecture into its ...
On Value and Valuation
1st Edition
By John Frow
November 14, 2025
On Value and Valuation asks whether the category of economic value remains theoretically viable, how value is formed, and how it should be understood. It explores the interlinkages between economic value and social and cultural values. On the one hand, the book draws on anthropological and ...
Reinterpreting Libertarianism: New Directions in Libertarian Studies
1st Edition
Edited
By Łukasz Dominiak, Igor Wysocki, Stanisław Wójtowicz, Dawid Megger
November 06, 2025
This volume provides a thorough reconsideration of libertarian theory, offering novel perspectives that challenge established assumptions and initiate new directions for philosophical, legal and economic investigation. By tackling such topics as voluntariness, dignity and inalienability of rights, ...
The Circular Economy and Institutional Change: Transformation in Theory and Practice
1st Edition
By Yilmaz Kaplan
November 06, 2025
The climate crisis has emerged as a consequence of the linear economic system that developed in the aftermath of the Industrial Revolution. In recent years, global actors have recognised the need for institutional change from the linear economy to a more sustainable alternative: The circular ...
Marx's Theory of Value at the Frontiers: Classical Political Economics, Imperialism and Ecological Breakdown
1st Edition
By Güney Işıkara, Patrick Mokre
September 30, 2025
Why do humans produce the things they do, in the way they do it? As this book shows, the classical political economics approach to value and prices has fundamental implications for analyzing the historical trajectory of capitalism. It demonstrates that the classical political economists’ ...
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 ...