Comparative political economy

This new and comprehensive volume on the subfield of comparative political economy in political science provides a detailed overview over its intellectual roots, clarifies its contents, and introduces the readers to key debates while identifying new and exciting avenues for future research.

This volume on the subfield of comparative political economy in political science provides a detailed overview over its intellectual roots, clarifies its contents, and introduces the readers to key debates while identifying new and exciting avenues for future research

1.5.3 Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Marxism, and Neo-Marxism1.5.4 Max Weber and Religion, Ideology, and Ideas; 1.5.5 Alfred Marshall and Neoclassical Economics versus the Heterodox Political Economists; 1.5.6 The Great Debate of the Twentieth Century: Keynesianism and Friedrich HayekÂś Neoliberalism; 1.6 Conclusion: The Foundations of CPE; 2: Contemporary CPE: The Turn towards Comparative Capitalisms and the Relationship with IPE; 2.1 Andrew Shonfield and the Early Emergence of the `Models of Capitalism ́Approach; 2.2 State and Society in CPE: Further Strides in the 1960s and 1970s

A genealogy of the field from Adam smith to the mid-twentieth century -- Contemporary CPE : the turn towards comparative capitalisms and the relationship with IPE -- Varieties of capitalism and the next steps beyond -- Labour markets and their regulation : industrial relations and the organization of business and labour -- Models of finance and corporate governance and their implications -- The political economy of debt -- Welfare state models : taming the market? -- The state as an actor : not a neutral umpire -- Conclusion : future directions for comparative political economy