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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.
List of contents
1. PPE as an Intellectual Enterprise 2. On Models and their Uses 3. Complexity 4. PPE in Marx's Materialist Conception of History 5. Feminist Theory 6. Game Theory 7. Four Structures of Intransitive Preferences 8. Theories of Choice Behavior 9. Rule-Following 10. Implicit Bias and Decision-Making 11. Social Norms 12. Institutions and Institutionalism 13. Property 14. Corporations in our Polity 15. Polycentricity 16. The Advantages of Markets 17. Exploitation 18. The Meaning of Markets 19. Gender and the Division of Labor 20. Housing Markets 21. Capitalism 22. Socialisms 23. Property-Owning Democracy 24. Social Democracy 25. Corruption 26. Property Rights and Justice in Holdings: A Libertarian Perspective 27. High Liberalism 28. Institutionalism, Injustice, and Personal Responsibility 29. Social Justice 30. Justice Across Borders 31. In Defense of Epistocracy: Enlightened Preference Voting 32. Voting Rules 33. Enabling Informed and Equal Participation 34. What, If Anything, Can Justify Limiting Workers' Voice? 35. Social Trust
About the author
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.
Summary
35 original chapters on key current debates. Individually, each chapter is a resource for new research. Together, they are a thorough overview. Comprises seven parts: I. Frameworks II. Decision-Making III. Social Structures IV. Markets V. Economic Systems VI. Distributive Justice VII. Democracy
