#134 - Robin Hahnel - ABCs of Political Economy


Author or Editor: Robin Hahnel
Publisher: A Press
Published: 2000
Pages: 292
Size: 2.77MB

Unlike mainstream economists, political economists have always tried to situate the study of economics within the broader project of understanding how society functions. However, during the second half of the twentieth century dissatisfaction with the traditional political economy theory of social change known as historical materialism increased to the point where many modern political economists and social activists no longer espouse it, and most who still call themselves historical materialists have modified their theory considerably to accommodate insights about the importance of gender relations, race relations, and the “human factor” in understanding social stability and social change.

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