Alternative Theories of the State

ISBN-13: 9781403999399 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 229 str.

Steven Pressman

Opis

This book examines the role and function of the state in contemporary economics from a number of diverse economic perspectives, including Austrian, feminist, institutionalist, Marxian, radical and Post Keynesian.

Recenzje

'Pressman brings together seasoned representatives of eight economic traditions...The result is a solid collection of essays that will interest any advanced university student or economist interested in learning what is revealed about the state when viewed through different lenses.' Charles J Whalen - Journal of Economic Issues

'This volume is useful, informative and worth reading. It contributes in inducing further research and improving our understanding of social reality.' - George Liodakis, Science& Society

Spis treści

Alternative Views of the State; S.Pressman The Pragmatic State: An Institutionalist Perspective; W.Waller Karl Polanyi and the Protective Response of the State; J.R.Stanfield & J.Stanfield Marxist Theories of the State; R.Das A New Neoliberal Social Structure of Accumulation for Sustainable Global Growth and Development; P.A.O'Hara A Post Keynesian Theory of the State; S.Pressman A Feminist View of the State; E.Mutari A Behavioural Theory of the State; M.Altman Conceptions of the State in Post Communist Political Economy; P.Boettke & B.Butkewich

O autorze

MORRIS ALTMAN Professor of Economics, University of Saskatchewan, Canada PETER BOETTKE Professor of Economics, George Mason University, USA BRIDGET IVANOVNA BUTKEVICH Ph. D. Candidate, George Mason University, USA RAJU J. DAS York University, Canada ELLEN MUTARI Associate Professor of General Studies, Richard Stockton College, USA PHILLIP ANTHONY O'HARA Professor of Global Political Economy & Governance, Global Political Economy Research Unit, Curtin University, Australia JACQUELINE BLOOM STANFIELD Professor of Sociology, University of Northern Colorado, USA JAMES RONALD STANFIELD Professor of Economics, Colorado State University, USA WILLIAM WALLER Professor of Economics, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, USA