Unlike socialism, however, under communism production and distribution are overseen by the government. Political economy may draw upon sociology, economics, and political science to define how ...

Yet policymakers under pressure from their constituents have diverted ... These decisions have to take into account public health recommendations, economic considerations, and political constraints.

Seminars 5 and 6 will discuss punishment from the perspective of sociology and political economy. Seminar 7 will consider comparative approaches to punishment. Seminars 8 and 9 will look at two key ...

Burawoy’s call to teaching as public sociology is imperative as a means for addressing the recurrent tension between political engagement and political apathy among young people today. For almost a ...

This group brings together staff in international business and management, integrating disciplinary perspectives including from economic sociology and geography, politics, history and global studies.

Praised for its authoritative coverage, Global Political Economy places the study of IPE in broad theoretical context and has been updated to cover the rise of populism, Brexit, the USMCA, US–China ...

This wasn’t always the case. If we look back to philosophers such as Adam Smith and Karl Marx, discussions of political economy were deeply intertwined with questions of morality. More recently, these ...