Political Economy

Challenging common beliefs that the European welfare states are already in or are heading towards crisis, this book calls for a proper understanding of the future role of the welfare state that requires a broader social perspective that encompasses the interaction of economic, political and social p..

Current debates about city-regions tend to renew long-standing arguments that policy-making ought to be organised around more functional urban areas.  This collection draws on evidence from the US, Australia, the UK and the Netherlands to focus on how city region spaces and their governance institut..

Current debates about city-regions tend to renew long-standing arguments that policy-making ought to be organised around more functional urban areas.  This collection draws on evidence from the US, Australia, the UK and the Netherlands to focus on how city region spaces and their governance institut..

This collection puts forward promising reinterpretations of the primary schools of heterodox political economy, stringent critiques of the conventional readings of the recession, new schemes of theoretical and empirical analysis of the crisis, and proposals for economic policies alternative to those..

This collection puts forward promising reinterpretations of the primary schools of heterodox political economy, stringent critiques of the conventional readings of the recession, new schemes of theoretical and empirical analysis of the crisis, and proposals for economic policies alternative to those..

This book provides a detailed analysis and counter-poses alternative Neo-Marxist "unequal exchange" foundational models of global trade and finance. In the first part of the book the three core free trade models are respectively demonstrated to be: overdetermined, inapplicable, and infeasible. In th..

Given the widely-accepted premise that free trade is the best means of maximising overall societal welfare, why has it proven so difficult to achieve in certain industries? This book tackles arguably the most perennial and deep-rooted of all questions in political economy, and questions the incumben..

This impressive book examines human rights in war zones - especially where the interests of international corporations seem to be placed ahead of individuals rights...

This impressive book examines human rights in war zones - especially where the interests of international corporations seem to be placed ahead of individuals rights...

A growing inequality in income and wealth marks modern capitalism, and it negatively affects nearly every aspect of our lives, especially those of the working class. It is and will continue to be the central issue of politics in almost every nation on earth. In this book, the author explains inequal..

With contributions from a wide array of economists from Julie Nelson to Phil O'Hara, the book presents the pluralist economics state of play and is an essential reference tool for those charged with bringing the next generations of economists to the forefront...

_x005F_x000D_ The core of this book are the chapters on the social costs of markets and neoclassical economics, the social benefits of environmental controls, development planning, and the governance of science and technology. These chapters convincingly argue for socio-ecological safety standards t..