Towards a Cultural Political Economy: Putting Culture in Its Place in Political Economy

by Bob Jessop and Ngai-Ling Sum

Book Overview

This fascinating volume offers a critique of recent institutional and cultural turns in heterodox economics and political economy. Using seven case studies as examples, the authors explore how research on sense- and meaning-making can deepen critical studies in political economy, illuminating its role in critiquing the specific categories, contradictions and crisis-tendencies of capitalism.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178347243X
• ISBN13: 9781783472437
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 592 Pages