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A political economy of power

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This book highlights the crucial, albeit overlooked, role of economic and political power in the making of ordoliberal thought. Raphaël Fèvre explores the roots of contemporary political and economic debates on European governance.

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  • Acknowledgments

  • Introduction: The Making of Ordoliberalism

  • Chapter 1: From the Ashes of the Western Liberal Order

  • Chapter 2: Science Against Interests

  • Chapter 3: Economy Through Orders

  • Chapter 4: Authority Taming Power

  • Chapter 5: Epilogue-Time for Responsibility

  • Conclusions: Ordoliberalism, From Crystallization to Ossification

  • Bibliography

  • Index



About the author

Raphaël Fèvre is Assistant Professor in Economics at Université Côte d'Azur (France) and associate member of the Centre Walras-Pareto (Switzerland). He works on topics in history of economic thought and methodology of the 20th century.

Summary

The first English analysis of German ordoliberalism from the perspective of both intellectual history and history of economic thought

In comparison with Keynesianism, monetarism, or other economic paradigms of the twentieth century, ordoliberalism has been generally neglected. However, after first emerging in Germany during interwar years, ordoliberalism is now at the center of the ongoing debates about the foundations, the present governance, and the future prospects of the European Union.

In A Political Economy of Power, Raphaël Fèvre retraces the intellectual history of ordoliberalism, focusing on the works of its main representatives Walter Eucken and Wilhelm Röpke, together with the contributions of Franz Böhm, Alexander Rüstow, Leonhard Miksch, and Friedrich Lutz. Fèvre provides a clear and comprehensive definition of ordoliberalism, describes in detail its principles, and explains how ordoliberalism came to heavily influence German post-war reconstruction despite its emergence during the Nazi period. He also investigates the reasons for its success in West Germany in the immediate aftermath of the war, and its lasting influence through a partial transformation to a contemporary form of neoliberal orthodoxy. A Political Economy of Power provides a contextualized and interdisciplinary study of ordoliberalism-one of the most influential intellectual projects of the second half of the twentieth century in Europe.

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[A]nyone interested in ordoliberal thought may be assured that reading this book will provide many illuminating insights. It is a welcome addition to the literature.

Product details

Authors Raphael Fevre, Raphael (Assistant Professor in Economics Fevre, Raphaël Fèvre
Publisher Oxford University Press
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 31.01.2022
 
EAN 9780197607800
ISBN 978-0-19-760780-0
No. of pages 280
Dimensions 168 mm x 243 mm x 22 mm
Series Oxford Studies in the History of Economics
OXF STUDIES HISTORY ECONOMICS SERIES
Oxf Studies History Economics
Subjects Non-fiction book

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, Geopolitics

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