Description
Separate sections of the book deal with political economy as an area of knowledge, its principal theoretical traditions, the dynamics and socio-ecological foundations of economic systems, and political economy's interdisciplinary connections. Thirty-two chapters cover the full spectrum of contemporary political economy, including classical, Marxist, post-Keynesian, institutional, evolutionary, and feminist approaches, recent studies of capital as power, modern money theory, behavioural economics, social structures of accumulation, and race, gender and class. The volume concludes by reflecting on how these theories of political economy can contribute to making a better world.
Pluralist and interdisciplinary in its approach, this Handbook is a key resource for students and teachers of political economy and heterodox economics, as well as for other social scientists wanting to understand political economic processes.
About the Author
Edited by Frank Stilwell, Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney, David Primrose, Academic Fellow, Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics, University of Sydney, Australia and Tim B. Thornton, Senior Research Fellow, Economics in Context Initiative, Global Development Policy Centre, Boston University, US
Reviews
'Mainstream economics, relative to heterodoxy and social science generally, is so extreme in methodology, theory and conceptualisations, it has spawned a variegated tsunami of alternative theories. This volume expertly and comprehensively engages this pluralism across schools, approaches and topics offering specialist insights alongside informative expositions - imperative reading for the intellectually open.' -- Ben Fine, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), UK
'Narrowly defined mainstream economics has clearly failed-after the Second Great Depression and in the midst of the Pandemic Depression, in addition to obscene and still-growing levels of inequality, the climate crisis, racial capitalism, and much else. This Handbook of Alternative Theories of Political Economy is exactly what is needed to expand the way we think about and do economics.' -- David F. Ruccio, University of Notre Dame, US
'This excellent collection is a must-read book for anyone interested in learning more about political economy. The volume has been effectively organized with an inclusive approach that is not only pluralist but also interdisciplinary. The upshot of which is the facilitation of a broad, yet rigorous, understanding of political economy.' -- Susanne Soederberg, Queen's University, Canada
Book Information
ISBN 9781035334247
Author Frank Stilwell
Format Paperback
Page Count 520
Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
