Title Statecraft and the political economy of capitalism / Scott G. Nelson, Joel T. Shelton

Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations Series International political economy series International political economy series. Contents Intro -- Preface -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Praise for Statecraft and the Political Economy of Capitalism -- Contents -- 1 Reintroducing Statecraft -- References -- 2 The Ambitions of Government: Statecraft in Historical Perspective -- On the Origins of Statecraft -- Order and Legitimacy in Early Modern Statecraft -- Modern Statecraft and the Emergence of "The Economy" -- The Post-War Revival of Statecraft -- Neoliberal Statecraft -- The Problem of Securitization -- Reviving Statecraft -- References -- 3 The Public Purpose of Political Economy -- The "Awkward Problem" of Power The Contingencies of Countervailence -- Political Economy and the Pathologies of Political Life -- Reconstituting the Public Purpose -- References -- 4 National Economic Policy: History, Culture, and Development -- Economic Statecraft as Knowledge of Particulars -- The Sources of Productive Power -- Lessons for Statecraft -- Toward "A Complete National Life" -- Developmental Futures -- Is Globalization to Blame? -- References -- 5 The Delicate Order of Liberalism -- The Pathologies of Economism -- The Delicate Organization of Liberalism -- The Decay of the Public Trust Deadlock and the Lure of Fascism -- Contemporary Perils -- The Task Ahead -- References -- 6 The Transgressive Economy -- The Accursed Share -- The Framework of the General Economy -- Myths of Sovereignty -- The Lure of Fascism -- Great Transformations? -- The Digital Economy -- Governing in an Age of Excess -- References -- 7 Democracy as Statecraft -- Does Statecraft Have a Future? -- Modern States, Modern Citizens -- From Governing to Governance: Wither the Demos? -- Democratic Potentials, Democratic Perils -- Statecraft as Citizencraft -- References -- 8 Conclusion: An Agenda for Citizenship Summary Rising inequality, the advance of far-right populism, ecological and climatic catastrophe and the scourge of global pandemic disease these are among the defining crises of our time. Addressing the governing challenges posed by each requires a more expansive vision of the scope and possibilities of state action than political scientists and economists have furnished to date. In Statecraft and the Political Economy of Capitalism political economists Scott G. Nelson and Joel T. Shelton examine several key social and political dynamics of advanced capitalism for insights into the fate of equality, community and solidarity. In chapters addressing divergent problems and spanning several centuries, statecraft is presented as a conceptual lens through which the art and practice of public action is continually rearticulated in response to the shifting economic, social and political conditions of a given epoch. The authors examine several consequential moments in the long tradition of political economy in relation to the governing predicaments of the present day, highlighting those predicaments that bear upon the well-being of all people, especially societys most vulnerable. The book thus reintroduces the creative and purposive aspects of governing to the study and practice of Political Economy, a field that has been too preoccupied with technical, institutional and procedural aspects of economic management. Framing problems of governing national and global economies in relation to the craft of the state means searching out continuities between capitalism's early promise and present peril. Scott G. Nelson is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Virginia Tech. His most recent book (co-authored with Bradley S. Klein) is Citizenship After Trump: Democracy versus Authoritarianism in a Post-Pandemic Era (Routledge, 2022). Joel T. Shelton is Associate Professor of Political Science & Policy Studies at Elon University and Coordinator of the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) program at Elon. He is the author of Conditionality and the Ambitions of Governance: Social Transformation in Southeastern Europe (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015), and co-author of Research and Writing in International Relations, 3rd ed (Routledge, 2020). Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Capitalism -- Political aspects -- History -- 21st century Capitalism -- Social aspects -- History -- 21st century Capitalism -- Environmental aspects -- History -- 21st century Capitalism -- Environmental aspects Capitalism -- Political aspects Capitalism -- Social aspects Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Shelton, Joel T., author. ISBN 3031159713 9783031159718

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