Handbook of Alternative Theories of Political Economy

"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"-- Provided by publisher Front Matter Copyright Contents Contributors PART I POLITICAL ECONOMY AS AN AREA OF KNOWLEDGE 1. Introduction to the Handbook of Alternative Theories of Political Economy 2. Capitalism, climate change and freedom PART II IDENTIFYING FOUNDATIONAL APPROACHES TO POLITICAL ECONOMY 3. Classical political economy and its ongoing relevance 4. The Marxist tradition in political economy 5. Institutional political economy 6. Post Keynesian economics 7. Feminist political economy 8. Sraffian political economy PART III ANALYSING THE DYNAMICS OF ECONOMIC SYSTEMS 9. Circular and cumulative causation 10. Evolutionary political economy 11. Neo-Schumpeterian economics 12. The regulation approach 13. Social structures of accumulation 14. Capital as power 15. Foundations of modern money theory 16. The Austrian school of economics PART IV EXPLORING THE SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF ECONOMIC SYSTEMS 17. Polanyian political economy 18. Georgist political economy 19. Ecological economics 20. Social economics 21. A social property relations approach to class, gender, race 22. The Systems of Provision approach 23. The diverse economies approach PART V EXTENDING POLITICAL ECONOMY THROUGH INTERDISCIPLINARITY 24. Spatial political economy 25. Cultural political economy 26. Postcolonial and poststructural political economy 27. Behavioural economics and neuroeconomics PART VI MAKING A DIFFERENCE 28. Pluralism in political economy 29. Economics imperialism and a transdisciplinary perspective 30. Approaches to, and measures of, progress 31. Advancing education in political economy 32. Progressive economics and social change movements Index