A Research Agenda for Critical Political Economy (Elgar Research Agendas)

"Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Forward thinking and provocative, this Research Agenda demonstrates different approaches to the field from experts focussing on global and local, and historical and contemporary issues. It asserts that critical political economists differ from their mainstream counterparts through the variety of methods they use and the questions they pose. Eminent global scholars examine a diverse selection of interdisciplinary themes, raising questions surrounding future research in the area, offering examples and linking the theory to its implications for practice and policy. Chapters explore economic growth and the ideology of development, sweatshop economics, experimental economics, the land question in urban economics, money and finance, and thinking beyond capitalism with the solidarity economy. A Research Agenda for Critical Political Economy will be a fascinating read for students and scholars of political economy, political science and economics. With case studies and practical examples of the application of the topic, it will also be an invigorating read for economists and policy makers looking for alternative approaches to the field"-- Provided by publisher Front Matter Copyright Contents Contributors 1 What makes critical research in political economy? 2 The political economy of inequality: research to deepen understanding 3 Economic growth and the ideology of development 4 Money, finance and the state: potential routes for further development of research 5 Knowledge, power and the Global South: epistemes and economies after colonialism 6 For a critical political economy of international trade 7 Sweatshop economics, the poverty of trade theory and the making of inequality across scales 8 Structure and agency: themes from experimental economics 9 Time, space, geographical scale and political economy 10 Uncertainty, the modern financial market and the real economy 11 The capitalist space economy: uneven geographical development, value and more-than-capitalist contestations 12 Reclaiming local contexts: disrupting the virtual economy 13 Urban political economy 14 The political economy of displacement governance: the case of refugees in the European Union 15 Thinking beyond capitalism: social movements, r/evolution, and the solidarity economy Index