The New Political Economies: A Collection of Essays from Around the World

Editor's Introduction. (Laurence S. Moss).

PART I. Historical Perspectives.

"New Political Economies" Then and Now: Economic Theory and the Mutation of Political Doctrine. (A. M. C. Waterman).

PART II. Fiscal Sociology.

Fiscal Sociology: What For? (Juergen Backhaus).

Voters, Parties, and the Endogenous Size of Government. (Jan-Peter Olters).

PART III. Constitutional Economics.

Complexity, Governance and Constitutional Craftsmanship. (Richard E. Wagner).

Opting-Out: The Constitutional Economics of Exit. (Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard).

PART IV. Austrian School Perspectives.

Post-Classical Political Economy: Polity, Society and Economy in Weber, Mises and Hayek. (Peter J. Boettke and Virgil Henry Storr).

New Political Economy, Scientism and Knowledge: A Critique from a Hayekian Perspective, and a Proposal for an Extension of the Research Agenda. (Jan Schnellenbach).

PART V. New Perspectives on Transition Economies: Europe.

The "New" Political Economies. (A View from Russia) (Vladimir Kollontai).

Toward Capitalism or Away from Russia? Early Stage of Post-Soviet Economic Reforms in Belarus and the Baltics. (Andrew Savchenko).

A Political Economy Approach to the Neoclassical Model of Transition. (John Marangos).

PART VI. New Perspectives on Transition Economies: Asia.

Privilege and Corruption: The Problems of China’s Socialist Market Economy. (Shuntian Yao).

Political Culture, Economic Structure and Policy: The Laffont-Tirole Model Extended to Modern Japan. (Warren Young and Joris Meijaard).

PART VII. New Perspectives on Transition Economies: Africa.

Political Instability and Economic Growth: Implications of Coup Events in Sub-Saharan Africa. (Augustin Kwasi Fosu).

PART VIII. Radical Criticsms and Reflections.

Against the New Economic Imperialism: Some Reflections. (Jonathan Michie, Christine Oughton, and Frank Wilkinson).

Bourgeoisie Out, Expertise In: The New Political Economies at Loggerheads. (Donald Clark Hodges and Larry Lustig).

Index.