Radical Political Economy: Explorations in Alternative Economic AnalysisA collection of essays in radical political economy selected to reveal the breadth and analytical sophistication of the field. The emphasis is on exploring the insights into economic and social issues that radical political economy affords. Following a general introduction, 17 essays are organized into seven sections: labor; class; discrimination; macroeconomic instability; economic development; market socialism; and the environment. Most of the essays are reprints of journal articles and book chapters, but several were written specially for this volume. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $24.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Capitalist Production | 19 |
Segmented Labor Markets | 60 |
The Cultural Conditions of Worker Accommodation | 86 |
An Approach to Class Analysis | 117 |
Power Property and Class | 140 |
Towards | 165 |
Racial Inequality | 197 |
Theories of Finance and the Third World | 247 |
The Concept of the Surplus in Economic Development | 265 |
Institutional and Organizational Framework for Egalitarian | 287 |
Market Socialism and Its Critics | 299 |
Toward a Socialism for the Future in the Wake of the Demise | 318 |
Socialist Economic Development in the PostSoviet | 344 |
The Environment | 350 |
Kenneth E Boulding | 357 |
Marxian and Post Keynesian Developments in the Sphere | 205 |
The Rise and Demise of | 226 |
Marxian Crisis Theory and the Contradictions of Late | 368 |
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