Andy Smith

The Politics of Economic Activity

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume examines the fundamental nature of the relationship between politics and economics, and proposes a new definition of politics; the mobilization of values to change or reproduce the institutions that orientate, and indeed make possible, economic activity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780198788157
• ISBN-10: 0198788150
• Artikelnr.: 47870709

Autorenporträt

Andy Smith is a Research Professor in Political Science at the Centre Emile Durkheim, University of Bordeaux, and is a specialist in political economy and European integration. He has authored and co-authored numerous books and articles such as Varietals of Capitalism: A Political Economy of the Changing Wine Industry (co-authored with Xabier Itcaina and Antoine Roger, 2016, Cornell University Press), The EU's Government of Industries (co-authored with Bernard Jullien, 2014, Routledge), and Politics and the European Commission (2004, Routledge).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: A Fresh Look at the Politics of the Economic
1: What's Political About the Economic? The Limits of Existing Responses
2: The Politics of Economic Activity: An Analytical Framework
3: Globalization: From Runaway Steamroller to Political Outcome
4: Does the EU Make a Difference?
5: What's Left for the State?
6: Local Government: Economic Saviour or Gravedigger?
7: Conclusion