Political Economy

Titles in the subject of Political Economy from Routledge Paperbacks Direct.

How Economists Model the World into Numbers

By Marcel Boumans

Economics is dominated by model building, therefore a comprehension of how such models work is vital to understanding the discipline. This book provides a critical...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45930-3 (Routledge)

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Global Capitalism at Bay

By John Dunning

In this collection of his latest essays, John H. Dunning - renowned authority in international business - elaborates his theories on the current situation of...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-43964-0 (Routledge)

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Involuntary Unemployment

By Michel de Vroey

The Great Depression of the 1930s with its dramatic unemployment rates was one of the most striking economic events of the past century. It shook...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40710-6 (Routledge)

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The Political Economy of Rule Evasion and Policy Reform

By James Leitzel

The Political Economy of Rule Evasion and Policy Reform develops the logic underlying the connections between breaking the rules and making the rules. Approaching policy...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77120-7 (Routledge)

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Distributional Justice

Theory and Measurement

By Hilde Bojer

Introducing the main theories of distributional justice the book covers utilitarianism and welfare economics, moving on to Rawls's social contract and the Sen/Nussbaum capability approach...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40639-0 (Routledge)

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The Fundamental Institutions of Capitalism

By Ernesto Screpanti

The Fundamental Institutions of Capitalism presents a radical institutional approach to the analysis of capitalism. Ernesto Screpanti puts forward a number of provocative arguments that...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40650-5 (Routledge)

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Global Political Economy and the Wealth of Nations

Performance, Institutions, Problems and Policies

By Phillip O'Hara

This comprehensive collection documents the major processes, performance, institutions, problems and policies associated with global political economy. For the first time in a single volume,...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40683-3 (Routledge)

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The New Economy in Transatlantic Perspective

Edited by Kurt Huebner

What's left of the New Economy? This book examines the remains of this well-hyped concept and finds that despite all the mistaken ideas and sexing-up,...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40692-5 (Routledge)

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The New Institutional Economics of Corruption

By Johann Graf Lambsdorff, Markus Taube, Matthias Schramm

This book constitutes a thorough analysis of the phenomenon of corruption, as seen from the perspective of New Institutional Economics - one of the most...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40693-2 (Routledge)

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Reduction, Rationality and Game Theory in Marxian Economics

By Bruce Philp

This book examines the main areas of interest in Marxian economics, paying particular attention to class conflict, analytical Marxism and game theory. Very few books...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40697-0 (Routledge)

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A "Second Edition" of The General Theory

Volume 1

Edited by Professor Geoffrey Harcourt, Peter Riach

Keynes always intended to write 'footnotes' to his masterwork The General Theory, which would take account of the criticisms made of it and allow him...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40699-4 (Routledge)

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A "Second Edition" of The General Theory

Volume 2 Overview, Extensions, Method and New Developments

Edited by Professor Geoffrey Harcourt, Peter Riach

This second volume contains essays which relate to developments in Keynes' scholarship and theorizing in the years since his death and demonstrates the ongoing validity...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40700-7 (Routledge)

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Unpaid Work and the Economy

A Gender Analysis of the Standards of Living

Edited by Antonella Picchio

In economics, the voluntary sector is surprisingly understudied. In order to fully understand economics, unpaid and voluntary work needs to be taken into account and...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40706-9 (Routledge)

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Affirmative Action in the United States and India

A Comparative Perspective

By Thomas E. Weisskopf

Arguably, two of the most important national experiences with policies of positive discrimination in favor of historically disadvantaged ethnic or caste minority groups are the...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77107-8 (Routledge)

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Foundations of Economic Method

A Popperian Perspective, 2nd Edition

By Lawrence Boland

Many consider Foundations of Economic Method to be Lawrence Boland's best work. This updated edition is radically changed from the original and will be much...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77114-6 (Routledge)

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