The book examines the history and theoretical development of Political Economy, one of the most important scholarly disciplines to emerge from the European Enlightenment, and the subject which provided the basis for the later disciplines of Economics, Business Studies and International Political Economy and all forms of analysis which incorporate the study of overlapping economic and political relationships within and between states and civil societies. The book aims: 1. To trace and analyse the links between 'normative' political economy and history, particularly those branches based on historical theorising which employ long term perspectives and incorporate dynamic change into models of periodization, evolution and revolution - in short those that adopt a diachronic approach which analyses multiple historical changes over time occurring at different speeds over different time periods. 2. To contrast this with political science/public choice forms of political economy, based largely upon synchronic analysis (simultaneous moment in time analysis) without neglecting the valuable insights that can be drawn from this alternative tradition. 3. To assess the current state of historical political economy and it's potential to contribute to a fuller understanding of contemporary economic problems and issues, in particular in understanding the global economic collapse of 2007/8 and subsequent Eurozone Crisis and the unequally painful austerity solutions which have dominated global economic governance since.
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1. Political Economy - Two Traditions, Two Worlds 2. History and the Social Sciences 3. Classical Political Economy and history - Smith and Marx 4. Early 20th Century European Political Economy 5. The American Turn: Institutional and Heterodox economics as Political Economy 6. Radical Political Economy: the French Regulation School and Anglo-American neo-Marxist political economy 7. Historical Political Economy in the 21st Century 8. Conclusion: The Enduring Value of Historical Political Economy
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'A landmark book by one of the most prominent scholars on political economy, International Political Economy is a must-read on economic development for researchers, students, and policy makers, especially for its penetrating critique of conventional economic thinking on development. His thorough treatment of multiple perspectives makes the book useful to interdisciplinary social scientists as well as political economists.' - William H. Newell, Executive Director, Association for Integrative Studies & Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA 'Ray Miller carefully outlines three competing visions of international political economy. He is admirably fair in his treatment of each, carefully outlining their strengths and weaknesses. The scholarship is impressive: Ray Miller clearly knows what he is talking about. The writing is crisp and clear. No other text in the field comes close to providing such a detailed and even-handed treatment of these three visions. Students using this text should thus be able to choose among these perspectives on their merits, and indeed integrate elements of each in order to generate a more holistic and nuanced understanding of IPE.' - Rick Szostak, Professor of Economics, University of Alberta, Canada 'This is a textbook that will be appreciated by both teachers and students of international political economy. It helps readers to make critical sense of the field by carefully "unpacking" the assumptions that underlie major schools of thought in IPE and explaining how the assumptions of each school connect to their analyses and policy prescriptions. Its full discussion of Keynesian perspectives, as well as its treatment of vital global environmental issues and critical "green IPE" perspectives - shortchanged in many other texts - make it an excellent choice for undergraduate courses.' - Glenn Fieldman, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, San Francisco State University, USA
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780415596701
Publisert
2017-06-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
05, 06, U, P
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
208

Forfatter

Biographical note

David Baker is Honorary Fellow at the Political Economy Research Centre, University of Sheffield, UK and a former Professor at the University of Warwick, UK.