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Issues in New Political Economy: An Overview
Author(s) -
Sayer Stuart
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of economic surveys
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.657
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1467-6419
pISSN - 0950-0804
DOI - 10.1111/1467-6419.00123
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , strengths and weaknesses , economics , politics , section (typography) , economy , political science , business , philosophy , epistemology , computer science , advertising , law , programming language
A brief overview of the historical background, nature, and rapid growth in volume and scope of new political economy since the early 1980s is provided. the paper continues with some general reflections on the strengths and weaknesses of the new political economy approach, illustrated by the other contributions to this special issue of the Journal of Economic Surveys . The final Section summarises these contributions.