1st Edition
The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
This handbook advances the interdisciplinary field of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) by identifying thirty-five topics of ongoing research. Instead of focusing on historically significant texts, it features experts talking about current debates. Individually, each chapter provides a resource for new research. Together, the chapters provide a thorough introduction to contemporary work in PPE, which makes it an ideal reader for a senior-year course.
The handbook is organized into seven parts, each with its own introduction and five chapters:
I. Frameworks
II. Decision-Making
III. Social Structures
IV. Markets
V. Economic Systems
VI. Distributive Justice
VII. Democracy
The "Frameworks" part discusses common tools and perspectives in PPE, and the "Decision-making" section shows different approaches to the study of choice. From there, parts on "Social Structures," "Markets" and "Economic Systems" each use tools from the three PPE disciplines to study and distinguish parts of society. The next part explains dominant theories and challenges to the paradigm of "Distributive Justice." Finally, a part on "Democracy" offers five challenges to current democratic practice.
Introduction
Part I: Frameworks
Introduction to Part I
1. PPE as an Intellectual Enterprise
Geoffrey Brennan and Geoffrey Sayre-McCord
2. On Models and their Uses
James Johnson
3. Complexity
Fred D’Agostino
4. PPE in Marx’s Materialist Conception of History
Vanessa Wills
5. Feminist Theory
Ann Cudd
Part II: Decision-Making
Introduction to Part II
6. Game Theory
John Thrasher
7. Four Structures of Intransitive Preferences
Luc Bovens
8. Theories of Choice Behavior
Sudeep Bhatia
9. Rule-Following
Erik Kimbrough and Bart Wilson
10. Implicit Bias and Decision-Making
Lacey Davidson
Part III: Formal and Informal Social Structures
Introduction to Part III
11. Social Norms
Ryan Muldoon
12. Institutions
C.M. Melenovsky
13. Property
Bas van der Vossen
14. Corporations in our Polity
Amy Sepinwall
15. Polycentricity
Vlad Tarko
Part IV: Markets
Introduction to Part IV
16. The Advantages of Markets
Matt Zwolinkski
17. Exploitation
Vida Panitch
18. The Meaning of Markets
Brookes Brown
19. Gender and the Division of Labor
Gina Schouten
20. Housing Markets
Kristina Meshelski
Part V: Economic Systems
Introduction to Part V
21. Capitalism
Peter Boettke
22. Socialisms
Samuel Arnold
23. Property Owning Democracy
Alan Thomas
24. Social Democracy
Jeppe Von Platz
25. Corruption
Michael Munger
Part VI: Distributive Justice
Introduction to Part VI
26. Property Rights and Justice in Holdings: A Libertarian Perspective
Erik Mack
27. High Liberalism
Samuel Freeman
28. Institutionalism, Injustice and Personal Responsibility
Kok-Chor Tan
29. Social Justice
Maeve McKeown
30. Justice across Borders
Serena Parekh
Part VII: Democracy
Introduction to Part VII
31. In Defense of Epistocracy: Enlightened Preference Voting
Jason Brennan
32. Voting Rules
Itai Sher
33. Enabling Informed and Equal Participation
Thomas Christiano
34. What, if anything, can justify limiting workers’ voice?
Liza Herzog
35. Social Trust
Karen Cook and Jacob Reidhead
Biography
C.M. Melenovsky is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Director of the PPE program at Suffolk University, USA. His research focuses on social practices, institutions, moral conventionalism, and Rawlsian political philosophy. He is currently working on a book, Kantian Conventionalism, that reconciles the social contingency of obligations and rights with a Kantian moral framework.
