Books in the New Political Economy series

Utilising a conceptual approach based on the Polanyian concept of 'embeddedness', this book argues that the links between economic theory, neo-liberalism, and the current regime of sustainable development, have rendered 'sustainability' a discursive frame in the service of economic rather than ecological goals.

Offers a fresh perspective to the debate on rising income inequality in Chile, and on the question of how free trade affects the demand for workers in developing countries. The author argues that heightened international competition has forced Chilean firms to drop their prices to retain market share, lowering profits.

Investigates the political economy of EU competition policy. This book argues that EU competition policy is short of adequate theoretical and conceptual capacities to comprehend the working dynamics of market competition and the market behavior of firms. It is intended for scholars of Economics Business, and International Relations and Policies.

Makes an important contribution to the fields of development economics, political economy and gender studies analysing the capacity of the Indian informal economy to deliver socio-economics security and well being to workers.

Investigates regulation of international finance that was launched in response to the financial crises of the 1990's. This book argues that although these standards are presented as 'international', they comprise a norm for the 'proper' organization and regulation of economies which is intimately related to the Anglo-American model of capitalism.

How can unions move from a defensive strategy to one of class transformation? Using the case study of the Broadway musicians' union, the author shows how unions can facilitate a class transformation that increases workers' control over their working conditions and lets them make the changes needed to improve their lives.

The Progressive Era was among the most volatile times for the economy and labor in American History. This book explores the institutional and economic conditions of this time, revealing fresh insight into the regulated nature of industry and the conditions of labor.

Talks about the significance of everyday economic practices to development policymaking. This book presents an argument that the normative content of epistemological frameworks provides us with ways to conceptualize economic development as other than industrialization, urbanization and environmental degradation as experienced by the West.

Provides a critique of the orthodox position on the nature of 'New Deal' reforms as well as an innovative analysis of the unraveling of those reforms.

This book exlores the debates concerning the appropriate economic policies to follow in the developing world.

Examines the privatization of New York City's Central Park. This book highlights the immense theoretical and political issues involved in radically rethinking privatization in both the municipal and global contexts.

This book draws on the work of Louis Althusser, Michel Foucault and the Amherst School, to construct the concept of a self-transparent and self-conscious human subject (Homo economicus) as the theoretical humanist core of the neoclassical tradition. Instead of identifying the emergent heterogeneity as a break from neoclassicism, this book offers a careful genealogy of many of the new concepts and approaches - including evolutionary game theory, experimental economics and behavioural economics - and reads their elaboration as part of the restoration of the theoretical humanist core of the tradition.

This book offers an explanation as to why economics has become so determinedly non-pluralistic, but much attention is also given to exploring and evaluating promising strategies for reform. Strategies examined include working from inside economics, politics and other social science departments, and in establishing dedicated sectors of political economy. Along the way the reader will learn about the worldwide movement of students pushing for greater pluralism in economics, encounter some dramatic case studies in intellectual suppression, and generally gain a fuller sense of the nature and direction of contemporary economics.

This book draws on the work of Louis Althusser, Michel Foucault and the Amherst School, to construct the concept of a self-transparent and self-conscious human subject (Homo economicus) as the theoretical humanist core of the neoclassical tradition. Instead of identifying the emergent heterogeneity as a break from neoclassicism, this book offers a careful genealogy of many of the new concepts and approaches - including evolutionary game theory, experimental economics and behavioural economics - and reads their elaboration as part of the restoration of the theoretical humanist core of the tradition.

This book offers an explanation as to why economics has become so determinedly non-pluralistic, but much attention is also given to exploring and evaluating promising strategies for reform. Strategies examined include working from inside economics, politics and other social science departments, and in establishing dedicated sectors of political economy. Along the way the reader will learn about the worldwide movement of students pushing for greater pluralism in economics, encounter some dramatic case studies in intellectual suppression, and generally gain a fuller sense of the nature and direction of contemporary economics.

This book offers a new critique of post-Marxism, offering a careful reading of the works of influential thinkers, Ernesto Laclau and Etienne Balibar and discussing its relative successes and failures.