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Book SynopsisReformulating radical political economy, this book argues that Marxist theories of capitalism must learn both from the problems of socialism and, more controversially, from the experience of liberalism. Andrew Sayer is the author of Method In Social Science: A Realist Approach.
Trade Review"This is an exceptional book and a touchstone for all future thinking about economics and social change. Sayer manages an extraordinary balancing act between the precepts of radical political economy and those of liberalism without ever losing his direction: the result is social theory at its best .... an innovative text in economic theory in its own right."
Richard A. Walker, Professor and Chair, Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley "Sayer's latest work deserves to reach the widest audience because its real drama lies in its exacting contribution to clear thinking over false impression." Times Higher Education Supplement
"Radical Political Economy is an important scholarly and political intervention, further reinforcing Andrew Sayer's reputation beyond a strictly geographical audience." Transactions of the IBG
Table of ContentsPreface.
1. Introduction.
2. Questions of Method: Abstract Theory, Counterfactuals and Critical Standpoints.
3. Division of Labour and Economic Power: A Reconceptualisation.
4. Markets and Other Modes of Coordination.
5. Markets: Key Theoretical Debates and Evaluations.
6. Ownership and Control.
7. Non-Capitalist Economic Systems Compared.
8. The Critique Applied: Explanations of Uneven Development.
9. Implications.
Conclusion.
