Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Introduction

1 Politics and economics

Politics

Economics

2 The classical approach

Political economy in the classical tradition

Value and distribution

Income distribution

3 Marxian political economy

Material interests and economic class

Material interests, class conflict, and capitalism

Economic interest and class consciousness

Economic interest and politics

4 Neoclassical political economy

The structure of the neoclassical theory

Political economy in the neoclassical approach

Conclusion

5 Keynesian political economy

The circularity of economic processes

The economic cycle

Political economy of labor and capital markets

Implications for political economy

Some political implications

6 Economic approaches to politics

Defining the economic approach to politics

Applications of economic theories of politics

Conclusion

7 Power-centered approaches to political economy

Interpretations of power

Interpretations of interest

Power and the market economy

Conditioned power and the economy

Conclusion

8 State-centered approaches to political economy

State autonomy

Society-centered approaches

Statism

A transformational view of the state

9 Justice-centered theories

A libertarian argument

A modem contractarian argument

An alternative justice-centered approach

Social justice and political economy

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index