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This Handbook provides an overview of established and cutting-edge
contributions to political economic thought. Chapters by leading
and emerging scholars showcase the diverse approaches and
productive debates among researchers. 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.
In this timely book, leading scholars of neoliberalism, together
with emerging researchers from a range of intellectual traditions,
reflect upon the nature of neoliberalism in light of the recent and
ongoing global financial crisis. What emerges is an enlightening
picture of the diversity of neoliberalism. The complex
relationships between theory and practice are highlighted as the
contributors recognize the need to move beyond the commonplace
notion that neoliberalism is simply a system of free markets.
Topical chapters examine the implications of the current crisis for
neoliberalism, the likelihood of alternatives and how these might
arise. Presenting a range of different theoretical approaches to
understanding neoliberalism, this book will appeal to academics in
the fields of political economy, political science, public policy,
human geography, international studies, sociology and regulation
studies. Graduate and senior undergraduate students in these fields
will also find much to interest them. Contributors: N. Brenner, D.
Cahill, L. Chester, M. Dean, G. Dumenil, B. Dunn, L. Edwards, J.E.
King, M. Konings, D. Levy, J. Mikler, J. Paton, J. Peck, B.
Spies-Butcher, F. Stilwell, N. Theodore, E. Thurbon
In this timely book, leading scholars of neoliberalism, together
with emerging researchers from a range of intellectual traditions,
reflect upon the nature of neoliberalism in light of the recent and
ongoing global financial crisis. What emerges is an enlightening
picture of the diversity of neoliberalism. The complex
relationships between theory and practice are highlighted as the
contributors recognize the need to move beyond the commonplace
notion that neoliberalism is simply a system of free markets.
Topical chapters examine the implications of the current crisis for
neoliberalism, the likelihood of alternatives and how these might
arise. Presenting a range of different theoretical approaches to
understanding neoliberalism, this book will appeal to academics in
the fields of political economy, political science, public policy,
human geography, international studies, sociology and regulation
studies. Graduate and senior undergraduate students in these fields
will also find much to interest them. Contributors: N. Brenner, D.
Cahill, L. Chester, M. Dean, G. Dumenil, B. Dunn, L. Edwards, J.E.
King, M. Konings, D. Levy, J. Mikler, J. Paton, J. Peck, B.
Spies-Butcher, F. Stilwell, N. Theodore, E. Thurbon
This 2007 book addresses important contemporary concerns about
social justice. It presents detailed economic evidence, but
analyses it in a manner that is engaging and readily accessible to
the non-specialist reader. Who Gets What? examines what has been
happening to incomes and wealth in Australia, what causes increased
economic inequality, and the possibility of creating a more
egalitarian society. It looks at who is rich, which social groups
are still in poverty, and the policies that could redistribute
income and wealth more effectively.
Political Economy Now! is the story of one of the most substantial
and enduring conflicts in the history of Australian universities.
Beginning in the late 1960s, it pitted those committed to the
teaching of mainstream economics at the University of Sydney
against the proponents of an alternative program in political
economy. The dispute continued for decades until a Department of
Political Economy was established in the Faculty of Arts in
2008.Why all the fuss over the teaching of economics? Why were the
disagreements so deep and protracted? What has been at stake? Why
did dissident staff and students commit so much time and energy to
establishing and developing alternative courses and administrative
arrangements?The dispute involved substantial differences of
opinion about the nature of the curriculum, the style of teaching,
and the structures of power and decision making. Although locally
focused at the University of Sydney and at its most intense during
the 1970s and 1980s, the dispute also has wider implications for
how we understand the economic system and the role of economic
policy. It reflects a broader tension in Australian society about
what economic arrangements best serve social needs.The story of the
struggle for alternative economics told from the political
economists' perspective weaves together a general historical
narrative with illustrations and interpretations of the causes and
consequences of the conflict, and personal recollections of eleven
former student activists, all now in significant professional
positions.Political Economy Now! is a fascinating read for those
concerned about how a discipline of great social and political
significance is understood and taught to its would-be
practitioners.
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