Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
About the Book Series
In recent years, there has been widespread criticism of mainstream economics. This has taken many forms, from methodological critiques of its excessive formalism, to concern about its failure to connect with many of the most pressing social issues. This series provides a forum for research which is developing alternative forms of economic analysis. Reclaiming the traditional 'political economy' title, it refrains from emphasising any single school of thought, but instead attempts to foster greater diversity within economics.
Private Health Insurance and Financial Capital: International and Historical Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Jerònia Pons-Pons, Margarita Vilar-Rodríguez
April 06, 2027
Filling a gap in the study of the history of private insurance, this book demonstrates the need to understand how the logic of capitalism has influenced markets, profit-making and commercialisation in the healthcare sector. Historical analyses of private health insurance companies have primarily ...
Marx and Financialisation: The Political Economy of Financial Capitalism
1st Edition
By Giovanni Scarano
January 26, 2027
Today’s capitalist economic systems are characterised by turbulence, structural change, financialisation and increasing domestic and international conflicts. This book argues that rereading Marx’s political economy – free from traditional political and economic conditioning – can provide a clearer ...
Debating Inheritance Tax in Europe: Legal, Economic and Philosophical Struggles from the 18th Century to the Present
1st Edition
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By Éric Fabri, Simon Watteyne
January 22, 2027
Wealth has always been unequally distributed, and one of the primary drivers of this inequality is inheritance. Consequently, the transfer of wealth through inheritance has become a deeply controversial issue, raising significant political, legal, economic, and philosophical questions. This debate ...
The Market Economy Manifesto: An Alternative to Capitalism
1st Edition
By Carsten Herrmann-Pillath, Stephan Bannas
January 06, 2027
Scholars and the public are increasingly exploring alternatives to the prevailing capitalist economic system. This discourse was initially sparked by the Great Financial Crisis and has since accelerated due to escalating environmental challenges. Today, it is further intensified by ongoing ...
Financialisation in France: The Impact of Neoliberal Monetary and Financial Reforms
1st Edition
By Fabien Eloire
December 08, 2026
Exploring the monetary and financial reforms carried out in France during the 1980s, this book explains how the transformation of mechanisms for financing economic activities led to the financialisation of the French economy, aligning it with a broader European and global movement. Unlike the ...
Growth, Distribution, and Effective Demand: Classical and Post-Keynesian Perspectives
1st Edition
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By Daniele Tavani, Duncan K. Foley
November 25, 2026
Spanning theoretical and empirical contributions in the tradition of classical political economy and post-Keynesian economics, this volume explores the relationship between economic growth and the distribution of income and wealth. This book makes a case for a rigorous, empirically informed ...
Realizing an Alternative Political Economy of Sustainability: The Contributions of Radical Ecology and Heterodox Economics
1st Edition
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By Arturo Hermann
November 24, 2026
Engagement with and between a plurality of progressive, non-neoclassical traditions is an important step in fostering a more capacious understanding of sustainability – both as a concept and as a political objective. To that end, this book provides a critical overview of the development of ...
Japanese Political Economy of the Environment: Theory, History, and Development
1st Edition
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By Toshikazu Yamakawa, Kei Ehara
November 02, 2026
As the global climate catastrophe accelerates, economic theories struggle to offer policies for sustainable development. Japanese Political Economy of the Environment draws on Japan's experiences, struggles, and environmental constraints to illuminate a new economic vision incorporating both state ...
The Participatory Economy: Adding Realism to Democratic Planning
1st Edition
By Anders Sandström
October 23, 2026
This book explores the participatory economy model (parecon) as a democratic alternative to capitalism and central planning. Written from an accounting perspective, it addresses two critical challenges in implementing this theoretical framework: product categorisation and contextualising annual ...
Conceptualising an Alternative Political Economy of Sustainability: The Contributions of Radical Ecology and Heterodox Economics
1st Edition
Edited
By Arturo Hermann
October 16, 2026
Engagement with and between a plurality of progressive, non-neoclassical traditions is an important step in fostering a more capacious understanding of sustainability ― both as a concept and as a political objective. To that end, this book provides a far-reaching overview of the development of ...
The Power of Rankings in Economics and Research Organizations: Contributions to the Social Studies of Economics
1st Edition
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By Stephan Pühringer, Jens Maesse, Thierry Rossier
October 16, 2026
Discourses around research excellence and quality are predominant within the economic sciences, with various forms of ranking playing a central role. They make “excellence” in research and teaching visible, but they also create hierarchical orders between researchers, institutions, publication ...
Modern Economics and Social Reality
1st Edition
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By Ioana Negru, Stephen Pratten, Yannick Slade-Caffarel
October 14, 2026
Tony Lawson is among the most influential economists of his generation. He has reclaimed a place for explicit, sustained, ontological analysis in economics demonstrating how its decades‑long neglect has hampered the discipline. Regarding social theorising more generally, Lawson has been centrally ...