Comparative Political Economy
eBook - PDF

Comparative Political Economy

States, Markets and Global Capitalism

  1. 386 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Comparative Political Economy

States, Markets and Global Capitalism

About this book

This is a book about how 21st-century capitalism really works. Modern economics strips away social, historical, and political context from analysis of 'the economic', but the economy is far too important to leave exclusively to the economists. Comparative Political Economy (CPE) is a much broader, richer intellectual undertaking which 're-embeds' the analysis of the economic within the social and political realm. This is at the heart of how to think like a political economist. This text maps the terrain and evolution of CPE, providing the analytical tools to explore the many variants of capitalism, unearthing their roots in competing visions of the desirable distribution of the fruits of growth. Connecting CPE systematically to the subfield of International Political Economy (IPE), the book explains how these visions generate ongoing political struggles over how to regulate and manage capitalism. This is the perfect introduction to the field for all students of CPE and IPE. New to this Edition:
- Fully revised and updated throughout to take into account the latest empirical and theoretical developments in this fast-moving field
- A brand New chapter on the political economy of inequality, populism, Trump & Brexit
- New expanded 'how to use this book' aimed at student readers
- More coverage of the types of economies covered, to move from an exclusively Western focus to cover developing and emerging global economies

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Tables
  3. List of Figures and Tables
  4. List of Boxes
  5. List of Abbreviations
  6. Acknowledgements for the First Edition
  7. Acknowledgements forĀ theĀ Second Edition
  8. How to Use This Book
  9. 1: Introduction: TheĀ Focus andĀ Rationale ofĀ theĀ Book
  10. 2: Comparative Political Economy: Lineages fromĀ Classical Political Economy, Linkages toĀ International Political Economy
  11. 3: Capitalism andĀ Classical Political Economy
  12. 4: Disciplinary Politics andĀ the Genealogy of Comparative Political Economy
  13. 5: Interest-Based Analysis andĀ Comparative Political Economy
  14. 6: Institutional Analysis andĀ Comparative Political Economy
  15. 7: Ideational Analysis andĀ Comparative Political Economy
  16. 8: The Comparative Political Economy ofĀ theĀ State
  17. 9: Comparative Capitalisms
  18. 10: The Comparative Political Economy ofĀ Finance andĀ Corporate Governance
  19. 11: The Comparative Political Economy ofĀ Welfare
  20. 12: Inequality andĀ theĀ Political andĀ Social Settlement Underpinning Advanced Capitalisms
  21. 13: The Comparative Method andĀ Comparative Political Economy
  22. 14: Conclusion
  23. A Guide toĀ Further Reading
  24. Bibliography
  25. Index