Introduction In this chapter we will explore the nature of the political economy in England (and the UK) and how it relates to the social contract and social policy. The conceptualisation of political economy adopted here follows the 19th-century tradition, which, to reiterate, Streeck (2016) describes as viewing capitalism as both an economy and a society, and that one needs to start from the point of society, as a set of social actions and institutions that cannot be separated from the economy. Put more strongly, society should be considered the first
Viv Ellis, Lauren Gatti and Warwick Mansell present a unique and international analysis of teacher education policy.
Adopting a political economy perspective, this distinctive text provides a comparative analysis of three contrasting welfare state models – the US, England and Norway – following the 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Arguing that a new political economy of teacher education began to emerge in the decade following the GFC, the authors explore key concepts in education privatisation and examine the increasingly important role of shadow state enterprises in some jurisdictions.
This topical text demonstrates the potential of a political economy approach when analysing education policies regarding pre-service teacher education and continuing professional development.
In this challenging and original study, Wistow positions social policy within political economy and social contract debates.
Focusing on individual, intergenerational and societal outcomes related to health, place and social mobility in England, he draws on empirical evidence to show how the social contract produces longstanding, highly patterned and inequitable consequences in these areas. Globalisation and the political economy simultaneously contribute to the extent and nature of social problems and to social policy’s capacity to address them effectively.
Applying social contract theory, this book shows that society needs to take ownership of the outcomes it produces and critically interrogates the individualism inherent within the political economy.
Gordon L. Brady Senior Economist, U.S. Senate, Joint Economics Committee, 242 Ford Building, Washington - USA The Chicago Roots of the Virginia School of Political Economy Abstract - The story of the Virginia school of political economy is in large part the story of how graduates of the University of Chicago developed a new paradigm in a new location. Their work was characterized by a deep and abiding respect for the intellectual tradition of economics at the University of Chicago and through dieir achievements reflected well on their alma mater. This
mobilise their emotions within the rationale of profit (see, for instance, Kramer, 1999 ). Indeed, at the heart of the sociology of emotions lies the insight that emotions matter not only in the private sphere but equally in the spheres of economy and politics ( Barbalet, 1998 ). What, then, do political economies of emotion look like? The sociology of emotions was founded broadly within the realm of political economy, ever since Adam Smith’s writings on the (necessary) role of sympathy securing the rationality of the capitalist economy ( Smith, 1907 ; Hearn, 2016
Policy and Politics, Vol. II No.3 (1983), 343-359 THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF HUMAN SERVICES· David M. Austin The term political economy is often used to describe those forces at a societal, or macro, level which shape the general characteristics of the 'welfare state'.2 However, it is a concept which can also be used effec- tively to analyse the task environment dynamics of policy decision making that shape the course of events for individual human service pro- grammes.) The term task environment4 political economy is used here to describe those decisional
Luck greatly influences a person’s quality of life. Yet little of our politics looks at how institutions can amplify good or bad luck that widens social inequality. But societies can change their luck.
Too often debates about inequality focus on the accuracy of data or modeling while missing the greater point about ethics and exploitation. In the wake of growing disparity between the 1% and other classes, this book combines philosophical insights with social theory to offer a much-needed political economy of life chances.
Timcke advances new thought on the role luck plays in redistributive justice in 21st Century capitalism.
105 Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice • vol 33 • no 2 • 105–25 • © AESP 2018 Print ISSN 2515 6918 • Online ISSN 2515 6926 https://doi.org/10.1332/251569118X15282111163993 RESEARCH ARTICLE Blockchain: an entangled political economy approach Darcy W.E. Allen, darcy.allen@rmit.edu.au Chris Berg, christopher.berg@rmit.edu.au Mikayla Novak, mikayla.novak@rmit.edu.au RMIT University, Australia This paper incorporates blockchain activities into the broader remit of entangled political economy theory, emphasising economic and other social phenomena as
363 Policy & Politics vol 37 no 3 • 363-87 (2009) • 10.1332/030557309X462529 © The Policy Press, 2009 • ISSN 0305 5736 Key words: policy transfer • political economy • war on terror • conter-terrorism Final submission June 2009 • Acceptance June 2009 Policy transfer and the UK’s ‘war on terror’: a political economy approach Christina Pantazis and Simon Pemberton Utilising a political economy perspective in examining the UK’s counter-terrorist strategy since September 2001, we argue that there are observable economic and political interests influencing the
In this book, we have taken cultural political economy approach to the critical analysis of teacher education policies and institutional practices after the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2008. While this has involved the examination of political-economic ideas and their materialisations underpinning the activity of preparing teachers, specifically for public education systems, across national contexts, it has also involved considering the cultural dimensions of these materialisations and how they continue to evolve historically. We have situated our analysis
