PUTTING THE POLITICAL BACK INTO POLITICAL ECONOMY BY BRINGING THE STATE BACK IN YET AGAIN

被引:137
作者
Schmidt, Vivien A. [1 ]
机构
[1] Boston Univ, Ctr Int Relat, Boston, MA 02215 USA
关键词
REGULATORY REFORM; DISCOURSE MATTER; PATH DEPENDENCE; INSTITUTIONALISM; MARKET;
D O I
10.1017/S0043887109000173
中图分类号
D81 [国际关系];
学科分类号
030207 ;
摘要
Dominant theoretical approaches in political economy today, whether they posit convergence to neoliberal capitalism, binary divergence of capitalisms, or tripartite differentiation of financial governance, downplay the importance of state action. Their methodological approaches, rational choice and historical institutionalism, tend to reinforce their substantive theories either by disaggregating the state into its historical institutional components or by focusing on the strategic actions of its rational actors. This article argues that by not taking state action seriously, they are unable to explain the differences in degree and kind Of Countries' neoliberal reforms. For this, it is necessary to bring the state back in and to put the political back into political economy not just in terms of political economic institutions but also in terms of policies, polity, and politics. To explore the political in all its variety, however, the article demonstrates that at least one more methodological approach, discursive institutionalism, is also needed. This approach, by taking the role of ideas and discourse seriously, brings political actors as sentient beings back in. This in turn also enables the author to explain the dynamics of neoliberal reform in political economy.
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页数:33
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