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Political Economy Reader Markets As Institutions

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ISBN-10: 0415954932

ISBN-13: 9780415954938

Edition: 2008

Authors: Steven K. Vogel, Naazneen H. Barma

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This reader combines in a single volume the key writings of classical and contemporary thinkers on political economy. The articles provide both a theoretical approach to understanding capitalism and a survey of the varieties of capitalism around the world today, examining the interaction between politics and markets both in theory and practice. Drawing on history, economics, political science and sociology, it emphasizes the ways in which markets are embedded in and influenced by political and social institutions. Steven K. Vogel and Nazneen Haider Barma provide an informative overview of a number of the most significant controversies and contemporary debates in political economy through…    
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Book details

List price: $66.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 9/11/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 584
Size: 7.01" wide x 10.04" long x 1.22" tall
Weight: 2.156
Language: English

Preface
Introduction
Contending Perspectives: Four Disciplines
The Classics
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776)
The Communist Manifesto (1848)
The National System of Political Economy (1841)
The Liberal Paradigm
The Road to Serfdom (1944)
Capitalism and Freedom (1962)
Economic Sociology
The Great Transformation (1944)
The Architecture of Markets (2001)
The New Institutional Economics
Structure and Change in Economic History (1981)
The Economic Institutions of Capitalism (1985)
Historical Perspectives
The Stages of Economic Growth (1960)
Economic Backwardness in Historical Perspective (1962)
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations (1998)
Political Science and Political Economy
The Market System (2001)
MITI and the Japanese Miracle (1982)
Varieties of Capitalism (2001)
Contemporary Debates: Three Types of Market Reform
Market Reform in Advanced Industrial Countries
The Virtues of Capitalism (1980)
"Why Freer Markets Need More Rules" (2007)
Market Transition in Eastern Europe and China
The End of Poverty (2005)
Globalization and Its Discontents (2002)
China and Globalization (2006)
Market Development in Developing Countries
The Poverty of "Development Economics" (1983)
"The Myths of the Market and the Common History of Late Developers" (1993)
"The Mystery of Capital" (2001)
Globalization and the Information Technology Revolution
The Lexus and the Olive Tree (1999)
How Revolutionary Was the Digital Revolution? (2006)
The Retreat of the State (1996)
Global Political Economy (2001)
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index