Comparative Political Economy

Ben Clift is Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick, where he currently holds a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship. His books include The IMF and the Politics of Austerity (Oxford University Press, 2018), and French Socialism in a Global Era (Continuum 2003). He is co-editor of Economic Patriotism: Political Intervention in Open Markets (Routledge 2012) and Where Are National Capitalisms Now? (Palgrave 2004). He has published widely on comparative and international political economy in journals including British Journal of Political Science, Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of European Public Policy, New Political Economy, and Review of International Political Economy.

• 1. Introduction: The Focus and Rationale of the Book2. Comparative Political Economy: Lineages From Classical Political Economy, Linkages To International Political Economy3. Capitalism & Classical Political Economy4. Disciplinary Politics and the Genealogy of Comparative Political Economy5. Interest-based Analysis and Comparative Political Economy6. Institutional Analysis and Comparative Political Economy7. Ideational Analysis and Comparative Political Economy8. The Comparative Political Economy of the State9. Comparative Capitalisms10.The Comparative Political Economy of Finance and Corporate Governance11.The Comparative Political Economy of Welfare12.Inequality, the Political and Social Settlement Underpinning Advanced Capitalisms13.The Comparative Method and Comparative Political Economy14. Conclusion.

This is a superb survey of the field of comparative political economy — including its early origins, development over time, and latest cutting-edge research. In this beautifully written book, Ben Clift manages to create genuine intellectual excitement for both aspiring and established political economists.