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| Author | : James E. Alt |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 284 |
| Release | : 1990-09-28 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780521398510 |
This volume serves as an introduction to the field of positive political economy and the economic and political processes with which it is concerned. This new research tradition is distinct from both normative and historical approaches to political economy. Grounded in the rational-actor methodology of microeconomics, positive political economy is the study of rational decisions in a context of political and economic institutions. More analytical than traditional approaches, it is concerned with the derivation of principles and propositions against which real-world experience may be compared. Its focus is on empirical regularities, and its goal is theoretical explanation. The field has focused on three main areas of research: models of collective action, constraints on competitive market processes, and the analysis of transaction costs. Developments in all of these areas are covered in the book. The first part of the volume surveys the field, while the second part displays positive political economy at work, examining a variety of subjects. The final part contains essays by leading political economists on the theoretical foundations of the field.
| Author | : Sylvester C. W. Eijffinger |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1998-03-09 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780521572156 |
Positive Political Economy investigates how observed differences in institutions affect political and economic outcomes in various social, economic and political systems. It also examines how the institutions themselves change and develop in response to individual and collective beliefs, preferences and strategies. This volume tackles both monetary and real topics in an integrated way, and represents the first coherent empirical investigation of positive models of political economy.
| Author | : Norman Schofield |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 426 |
| Release | : 2011-06-11 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 3642195199 |
This book presents the latest research in the field of Political Economy, dealing with the integration of economics and politics and the way institutions affect social decisions. The authors are eminent scholars from the U.S., Canada, Britain, Spain, Italy, Mexico and the Philippines. Many of them have been influenced by Nobel laureate Douglass North, who pioneered the new institutional social sciences, or by William H. Riker who contributed to the field of positive political theory. The book focuses on topics such as: case studies in institutional analysis; research on war and the formation of states; the analysis of corruption; new techniques for analyzing elections, involving game theory and empirical methods; comparing elections under plurality and proportional rule, and in developed and new democracies.
| Author | : Danielle Allen |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 422 |
| Release | : 2022-04-29 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 0226818438 |
Defining a just economy in a tenuous social-political time. If we can agree that our current social-political moment is tenuous and unsustainable—and indeed, that may be the only thing we can agree on right now—then how do markets, governments, and people interact in this next era of the world? A Political Economy of Justice considers the strained state of our political economy in terms of where it can go from here. The contributors to this timely and essential volume look squarely at how normative and positive questions about political economy interact with each other—and from that beginning, how to chart a way forward to a just economy. A Political Economy of Justice collects fourteen essays from prominent scholars across the social sciences, each writing in one of three lanes: the measures of a just political economy; the role of firms; and the roles of institutions and governments. The result is a wholly original and urgent new benchmark for the next stage of our democracy.
| Author | : David Austen-Smith |
| Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
| Total Pages | : 230 |
| Release | : 2000-12-27 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780472087211 |
A definitive, comprehensive, and analytically sophisticated treatment of the theory of collective preference
| Author | : Barry R. Weingast |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 1112 |
| Release | : 2008-06-19 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0199548471 |
Over its lifetime, 'political economy' has had different meanings. This handbook views political economy as a synthesis of the various strands of social science, treating it as the methodology of economics applied to the analysis of political behaviour and institutions.
| Author | : Sung-Hee Jwa |
| Publisher | : Edward Elgar Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 317 |
| Release | : 2017-06-30 |
| Genre | : Capitalism |
| ISBN | : 1785367994 |
This book makes the bold attempt at proposing a new general theory of economic development. The main premise is that economic institutions and policies must embody ‘economic discrimination’ if there is to be any chance of real economic development. By economic discrimination, the author means ‘treating differences differently’ by selecting and supporting economic entities and behaviour that contribute positively to the economy. The book identifies markets, government and corporations as the ‘holy trinity of economic development’, that is, the three most important institutions that must work together via economic discrimination to steer the economy towards real transformative progress. The book also warns against the current trend of economic egalitarianism or ‘not treating differences differently’ because it destroys economic incentives and results in an array of economic problems including growth stagnation.
| Author | : Jeffrey S. Banks |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 290 |
| Release | : 1995-08-25 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780521478106 |
Political economy has been an essential realm of inquiry and has attracted myriad intellectual adherents for much of the period of modern scholarship. The discipline's formal split into the distinct studies of political science and economics in the nineteenth-century, while advantageous for certain scientific developments, has biased the way economists and political scientists think about many issues, and has placed artificial constraints on the study of many important social issues. This volume calls for a reaffirmation of the importance of the unified study of political economy, and explores the frontiers of the interaction between politics and markets. This volume brings together intellectual leaders of various areas, drawing upon state-of-the-art theoretical and empirical analysis from each of the underlying disciplines. Each chapter, while beginning with a survey of existing work, focuses on profitable lines of inquiry for future developments. Particular attention is devoted to fields of active current development.
| Author | : Robert L. Gallagher |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 377 |
| Release | : 2018-05-23 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1317241673 |
This book presents a positive account of Aristotle’s theory of political economy, arguing that it contains elements that may help us better understand and resolve contemporary social and economic problems. The book considers how Aristotle’s work has been utilized by scholars including Marx, Polanyi, Rawls, Nussbaum and Sen to develop solutions to the problem of injustice. It then goes on to present a new Social Welfare Function (SWF) as an application of Aristotle’s theory. In exploring how Aristotle’s theories can be applied to contemporary social welfare analysis, the book offers a study that will be of relevance to scholars of the history of economic thought, political theory and the philosophy of economics.
| Author | : Andrew Walter |
| Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
| Total Pages | : 294 |
| Release | : 2008-12-08 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1400837804 |
Ideally suited to upper-undergraduate and graduate students, Analyzing the Global Political Economy critically assesses the convergence between IPE, comparative political economy, and economics. Andrew Walter and Gautam Sen show that a careful engagement with economics is essential for understanding both contemporary IPE and for analyzing the global political economy. The authors also argue that the deployment of more advanced economic theories should not detract from the continuing importance for IPE of key concepts from political science and international relations. IPE students with little or no background in economics will therefore find this book useful, and economics students interested in political economy will be alerted to the comparative strengths of political science and other social science disciplines. A concise look at the foundations of analysis in the political economy of global trade, money, finance, and investment Suitable for upper-undergraduate and graduate students with some or no economic background Techniques and findings from a range of academic disciplines, including international relations, political science, economics, sociology, and history Further reading and useful weblinks including a range of relevant data sources, listed in each chapter
