Political Economy

Social Regionalism in the Global Economy collects essays by international specialists attempting to move beyond textual analyses of regional agreements to offer new accounts of regional integration by combing insights from developing countries with original analyses from the EU...

_x005F_x000D_ Structural Analysis and the Process of Economic Development presents a detailed analysis of the trajectory of Swedish economic change since the nineteenth century. The emergence of structural analysis in economic research is reviewed, as well as a chapter devoted to development blocks,..

The marginalist revolution of the late nineteenth century consolidated what Karl Marx and Piero Sraffa called ‘vulgar economy’, bringing with it an emphasis on a scarcity theory that replaced the classical surplus theory. However, the classical political economy of Adam Smith and David Ricardo has b..

The marginalist revolution of the late nineteenth century consolidated what Karl Marx and Piero Sraffa called ‘vulgar economy’, bringing with it an emphasis on a scarcity theory that replaced the classical surplus theory. However, the classical political economy of Adam Smith and David Ricardo has b..

This book unravels the role of democracy after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and reflects important debates surrounding the security of Muslim community in the years to come. It looks at the problem of torture, violence and the legal resources available to contemporary democracies to confront terrorism..

This book analyzes, both theoretically and empirically, the ways space has become more important in the global economy, through a dialogue among different paradigms...

Max Weber laid the foundations for the meaning of ‘charisma’ in modern secular usage. This new volume argues for the importance of the ‘charismatic principle’ in history, economics and society. Bringing together a number of contributors at the cross section between economics, theology, sociology and..

This book studies the means and ways by which wealth and poverty are created in both developed and developing countries, confronting the role played by economic policy in shaping the stratification of modern societies. It is concerned with the social effects of the ongoing crisis in finance, develop..

In order to understand the course of economic and social disintegration in the Soviet Union, various questions were put to Soviet officials and economic and other policy advisors of the 1980s. This text assembles the analyses of key issues and turning points into a history of the systemic collapse...

In order to understand the course of economic and social disintegration in the Soviet Union, various questions were put to Soviet officials and economic and other policy advisors of the 1980s. This text assembles the analyses of key issues and turning points into a history of the systemic collapse...

This book covers the development of Economics in Japan from the inter-war period to the 2000s focusing on the theoretical and policy-oriented contributions of Japanese economists as well as the influence of Marx, Walras, Keynes, Fisher and Cassell...

This book explores the foundations of the current economic crisis. Offering a heterodox approach to interpretation it examines the policies implemented before and during the crisis, and the main institutions that shaped the model of advanced economies, particularly in the last two decades...