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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101108831095

ISBN-139781108831093

eBay Product ID (ePID)23058636330

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Book TitleConstitution of Political Economy : Polity, Society and the Commonweal

Number of Pages250 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicEconomic History, Economics / General

Publication Year2023

IllustratorYes

GenreBusiness & Economics

AuthorRoberto. Scazzieri, Adrian Pabst

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.2 in

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LCCN2022-043168

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews'Adrian Pabst and Roberto Scazzieri's sophisticated analysis combines deep knowledge of intellectual history with critical assessment of the methods of political science and economics. They offer a better way of understanding the complex interdependencies between politics and the economy. Both disciplines - as well as historians - will benefit from their call for a new approach to political economy that understands economics and politics as mutually embedded.' Martin Daunton, Emeritus Professor of Economic History, University of Cambridge

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal330

Table Of ContentIntroduction: rethinking political economy; Part I. Interdependence and the Economic Constitution: 1. Political economy in question; 2. Sociability and interdependence; 3. Association and the division of labour; 4. The constitution of the economy; Part II. Political Spaces and Policy Actions; 5. A political economy of the body politic; 6. Constellations of interests and institutional architecture; 7. Policy actions in an embedded polity; 8. Conclusion: the constitution of political economy; References; Index.

SynopsisThe two dominant conceptions of political economy are based on either reducing political decisions to rational-choice reasoning or, conversely, reducing economic structures and phenomena to the realm of politics. In this book, Adrian Pabst and Roberto Scazzieri contend that neither conception is convincing and argue for a fundamental rethinking of political economy. Developing a new approach at the interface of economic theory and political thought, the book shows that political economy covers a plurality of dimensions, which reflect internal hierarchies and multiple relationships within the economic and political sphere. The Constitution of Political Economy presents a new, richer conception of political economy that draws on a range of thinkers from the history of political economy, recognising the complex embedding of the economy and the polity in society. Effective policy-making has to reflect this embedding and rests on the interdependence between local, national, and international actors to address multiple systemic crises., This book develops a new conception of political economy at the interface of economic theory and political thought. Political economy is constituted by the interdependence between the economy and the polity that rest on the complex relations of society in which both are embedded. Effective policymaking depends on reflecting this embedding.

LC Classification NumberHB171.5