Karl Polanyi's Political and Economic Thought

Gareth Dale is senior lecturer in politics at Brunel University. His books include Reconstructing Karl Polanyi (2016) and Karl Polanyi: A Life on the Left (2016).Christopher Holmes is lecturer in international political economy at King's College London. He is the author of Polanyi in Times of Populism: Vision and Contradiction in the History of Economic Ideas (2018).Maria Markantonatou is assistant professor of political sociology at the University of the Aegean, Lesvos, Greece.

• IntroductionChristopher Holmes1. Economic IdeasChristopher Holmes and David Yarrow, University of Warwick2. International Political EconomyRandall Germain, Carleton University, Canada3. The StateMaria Markantonatou and Gareth Dale4. ClassSandra Halperin, Royal Holloway, London5. The Gold StandardSamuel Knafo, University of Sussex6. MoneyKurtulus Gemici, National University of Singapore7. CommodificationHüseyin Özel, Hacettepe University, Turkey8. FascismGareth Dale and Mathieu Desan, University of Colorado, Boulder9. DemocracyPaula Valderrama, Freie Universität Berlin10. KnowledgeTilman Reitz, Friedrich Schiller Universität, JenaConclusionMichael Burawoy, University of California, Berkeley

This is an absolutely terrific volume that will surely make a significant mark on the literature as discussions about Polanyi continue to evolve in the future. The contributors have done a wonderful job inspiring their readers to think even more deeply about what Polanyian scholarship has to offer to our attempts to understand the contemporary world.