The Constitution of Political Economy: Polity, . Pabst, Pabst, Scazzieri,**

Cambridge University Press

The Constitution of Political EconomyPolity, Society and the Commonweal\nAuthor(s): Adrian Pabst, Roberto Scazzieri\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108926324, 978-1108926324\nSynopsis\nThe two dominant conceptions of political economy are based on either reducing political decisions to rational-choice reasoning or, conversely, reducing economic structures and phenomena to the realm of politics. In this book, Adrian Pabst and Roberto Scazzieri contend that neither conception is convincing and argue for a fundamental rethinking of political economy. Developing a new approach at the interface of economic theory and political thought, the book shows that political economy covers a plurality of dimensions, which reflect internal hierarchies and multiple relationships within the economic and political sphere. The Constitution of Political Economy presents a new, richer conception of political econo.