Handbook on Critical Political Economy and Public Policy

Handbooks of Research on Public Policy series

Edited by Christoph Scherrer, Professor Emeritus of Globalization and Politics, Department of Social Sciences, University of Kassel, Germany, Ana Garcia, Assistant Professor of International Relations, Institute of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and Professor, Graduate Program in Social Sciences, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Joscha Wullweber, Heisenberg Professor of Politics, Transformation and Sustainability, Department of Philosophy, Politics and Economics, Witten/Herdecke University, Germany

This comprehensive and stimulating Handbook examines the contribution of political economy to public policy. It provides an overview of several strands of critical political economy, supported by case studies from OECD countries, Latin America, South Africa, and South and East Asia.

‘Critical political economy has done much to debunk mainstream myths surrounding the “efficiency” of the market, the neutrality of the international division of labour, the desirability of “liberalisation”, and the implication that there are no alternatives to neoliberalism. Those criticisms are explained clearly in this brilliant volume; but the authors also sketch the contours of democratic and socially responsible forms of production, exchange, and social organisation. This is an indispensible volume for students, scholars, and activists working on global development.’
——国王Colleg阿尔弗雷多Saad-Filhoe London, UK

‘This Handbook is a much needed response to the surge in scholarship on political economy over the past decade. It lays out the theoretical roots, the range of methodological approaches, and addresses a host of highly relevant issues, including labor, finance, and health care in different parts of the world. An exciting contribution to the ongoing debate.’
– Katharina Pistor, Columbia Law School, US