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  • The Routledge Handbook of Commodification

    Edited by Elodie Bertrand, Vida Panitch ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    Some goods are freely traded as commodities without question or controversy. For other goods, their commodification – their being made available in exchange for money, or their being subject to market valuation and exchange – is hotly contested. “Contested” commodities range from labour and land, to votes, healthcare, and education, to human organs, gametes, and intimate services, to parks and ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • Exploitation

    From Practice to Theory

    Edited by Monique Deveaux, Vida Panitch ...
    Series series Studies in Social and Global Justice
    Contemporary theoretical discussions of exploitation are dominated by thinkers in the liberal and Marxian traditions. Exploitation: From Practice to Theory, pushes past these traditional and binary explanations, to focus on unjust practises that both depend on and perpetuate inequalities central to exploitation.Using real-world examples, the chapters in this collection address key questions, ... Read more

    $62.99 CAD

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  • Why Some Things Should Not Be for Sale

    The Moral Limits of Markets

    by Debra Satz ...
    Series series Oxford Political Philosophy
    What's wrong with markets in everything? Markets today are widely recognized as the most efficient way in general to organize production and distribution in a complex economy. And with the collapse of communism and rise of globalization, it's no surprise that markets and the political theories supporting them have seen a considerable resurgence. For many, markets are an all-purpose remedy for the ... Read more

    $26.39 CAD

  • A Theory of Fields

    by Neil Fligstein, Doug McAdam ...
    Finding ways to understand the nature of social change and social order-from political movements to market meltdowns-is one of the enduring problems of social science. A Theory of Fields draws together far-ranging insights from social movement theory, organizational theory, and economic and political sociology to construct a general theory of social organization and strategic action. In a work of ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • The Machinery of Government

    Public Administration and the Liberal State

    by Joseph Heath ...
    In political theory, the traditional model of state power was that elected officials make policy decisions which are then faithfully executed by a lower cadre of public servants. The complexity of the modern state, however, leaves this model outdated. The vast number of economic and social problems it confronts is such that a great deal of rule-making power is now delegated to a class of civil ... Read more

    $30.39 CAD

  • Economic Analysis, Moral Philosophy, and Public Policy

    by Daniel Hausman, Michael McPherson, Debra Satz ...
    This book shows through argument and numerous policy-related examples how understanding moral philosophy can improve economic analysis, how moral philosophy can benefit from economists' analytical tools, and how economic analysis and moral philosophy together can inform public policy. Part I explores the idea of rationality and its connections to ethics, arguing that when they defend their formal ... Read more

    $59.99 CAD

  • Inequality

    A Short History

    by Michele Alacevich, Anna Soci ...
    Series series The Short Histories
    Inequality endangers the fabric of our societies, distorts the functioning of democracy, and derails the globalization process. Yet, it has only recently been recognized as a problem worth examining. Why has this issue been neglected for so long?In Inequality: A Short History, Michele Alacevich and Anna Soci discuss the emergence of the inequality question in the twentieth century and explain how ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Economic Geography

    Edited by Jamie Peck, Eric Sheppard, Trevor J. Barnes ...
    Series Book 21 - Wiley Blackwell Companions to Geography
    The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Economic Geography presents students and researchers with a comprehensive overview of the field, put together by a prestigious editorial team, with contributions from an international cast of prominent scholars.Offers a fully revised, expanded, and up-to-date overview, following the successful and highly regarded Companion to Economic Geography published by ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

  • The Hesitant Hand

    Taming Self-Interest in the History of Economic Ideas

    by Steven G. Medema ...
    Adam Smith turned economic theory on its head in 1776 when he declared that the pursuit of self-interest mediated by the market itself--not by government--led, via an invisible hand, to the greatest possible welfare for society as a whole. The Hesitant Hand examines how subsequent economic thinkers have challenged or reaffirmed Smith's doctrine, some contending that society needs government to ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

  • Understanding Class

    by Erik Olin Wright ...
    Leading sociologist examines how different readings of class enrich our understanding of capitalismFew ideas are more contested today than “class.” Some have declared its death, while others insist on its centrality to contemporary capitalism. It is said its relevance is limited to explaining individuals’ economic conditions and opportunities, while at the same time argued that it is a structural ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • Economics, Ethics and the Market

    Introduction and Applications

    by Johan J. Graafland ...
    Series series Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
    The primary aim of the text is to introduce the reader to the relationship between economics and ethics and to the application of economic ethics in the evaluation of the market. The reader will gain insight into:The ethical and methodological strategy of economics and criticism of the core assumptions that underpin the economic defence of free market operation.The characteristics of different ... Read more

    $114.04 CAD

  • Capitalism, For and Against

    A Feminist Debate

    by Nancy Holmstrom, Ann E. Cudd ...
    Political philosophy and feminist theory have rarely examined in detail how capitalism affects the lives of women. Ann Cudd and Nancy Holmstrom take up opposing sides of the issue, debating whether capitalism is valuable as an ideal and whether as an actually existing economic system it is good for women. In a discussion covering a broad range of social and economic issues, including unequal pay, ... Read more

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