About IIPPE

IIPPE was founded in 2006 with the aim of promoting political economy in and of itself but also through critical and constructive engagement with mainstream economics, heterodox alternatives, interdisciplinarity, and activism understood broadly as ranging across formulating progressive policy through to support for progressive movements. Thus, in terms of intellectual content and direction, we see ourselves as commanding and criticising mainstream economics, offering alternatives from within political economy, addressing the nature of contemporary capitalism and corresponding policy and applied issues, and drawing upon and contributing to the presence of political economy, and critique of "economics imperialism", within other disciplines. Although we do expect Marxist political economy to have a strong presence and to be engaged with seriously as such by participants, IIPPE is a pluralistic forum where all progressive brands of political economy are welcome. We are keen, however, to avoid continuing sterile and academic controversy at the expense of more constructive engagement across theoretical, empirical and practical issues. Current intellectual retreats from the extremes, and agenda-setting postures, of postmodernism and neo-liberalism mean that prospects across the social sciences are more open than for a long time, and some lasting and significant influence can be exerted by concertedly promoting political economy both within academia across the social sciences and more widely. (More about IIPPE)

If you wish to sign up to or contact IIPPE, let us know by emailing iippe@soas.ac.uk.

First International Conference in Political Economy

Following its three previous highly successful international research workshops for students in Crete, Naples and Ankara, the International Initiative for Promoting Political Economy (IIPPE) is now holding its FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN POLITICAL ECONOMY, co-organised with the Greek Scientific Association of Political Economy, and open to application from all engaged in political economy. Read More.

IIPPE Research Workshop

• Third IIPPE International Research Workshop
  

Around 60 IIPPE members from more than a dozen countries gathered on September 14-15 at the Middle Eastern Technical University in Ankara (Turkey) for IIPPE’s 3rd. International Research Workshop. In the wake of the success of the previous two editions in Crete and Procida, this event was proof of IIPPE’s continuing growth in terms of both geographic and thematic scope. The Workshop, which was co-organised by the Turkish Social Sciences Association, counted in particular with the participation of a large number of Turkish heterodox and Marxist researchers — a majority of whom research students —, in a remarkable display of the vitality of political economy in this country.

• Second IIPPE International Research Workshop
  

The Second International IIPPE research workshop was held in Italy in September 2008. This was organised by L'Orientale University of Naples and brought together more than 70 participants from over 10 countries. Over 40 papers were presented, including 30 by research students and other young colleagues. 12 parallel sessions were held, of which six were closely associated with longer standing IIPPE Working Groups (three for finance, two for neoliberalism, and one for commodity studies) and three were related to newly formed Working Groups (developmental state, heterodoxy, and labour).

IIPPE Newsletter

• Issue 1 (November 2008)
  
• Issue 2 (May 2009)
  
• Issue 3 (November 2009)
  

What's new in IIPPE

Conference Programme

Totalitarian Capitalism and Beyond by George Liodakis
Anchored in contemporary debates on capitalism and political economy, this study reconsiders the major trends which are currently shaping a new stage of capitalism. With chapters examining globalization, the role of technology and environmental degradation, George Liodakis constructs a politico-economic approach on contemporary capitalism from within a classical Marxist framework of political economy.

Conference Registration and More Information
Details for registering for the first international conference in political economy are available at http://economics.soc.uoc.gr/icpe. There are also links for details for booking accommodation.

Registration fee can be paid by credit card: English | Greek

Discounts on selected Pluto Press books for IIPPE members
Pluto Press offer IIPPE members discounts of 40% or more on selected titles. This includes all books in the IIPPE series and other titles in political economy. Click here to view books included in the offer or go to www.plutobooks.com/promo.asp and enter the code PLUIIPPE.

IIPPE Newsletter Issue 4 (March 2010) is published.

From Economics Imperialism to Freakonomics” wins the Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize for 2009
From Economics Imperialism to Freakonomics: The Shifting Boundaries between Economics and other Social Sciences, by Ben Fine and Dimitris Milonakis, has been awarded the Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize for 2009. This news follows the announcement of the award of the Gunnar Myrdal Prize for 2009 for their book, From Political Economy to Economics: Method, the Social and the Historical in the Evolution of Economic Theory. The authors will deliver the Memorial Lecture at the Historical Materialism Conference at School of Oriental and African Studies, London, in November 2010.

Financialisation working paper series
The IIPPE Financialisation Group is pleased to announce its Working Paper Series on political economy and heterodox research in finance. This working paper series aims at offering Ph.D students and young researchers the possibility to have their papers reviewed by two academics who are working in their field of research. Submission of work on all aspects of heterodoxy and finance is encouraged, with a special but not exclusive focus on developing and emerging countries. Upon submission, the paper will be assessed by two referees, one senior and one junior academic, according to the topic of research at hand. If the paper is accepted, it will be – after necessary revisions - published as IIPPE Financialisation working paper series. This process should give young researchers the chance to get feedback on their work in addition to their supervisor's and make their work available to a broader audience. Confirmed senior academics currently include: Ben Fine, Victoria Chick, Tom Marois, Alfredo Saad Filho and Jan Toporowski. This broad range of people should allow an efficient matching of the paper and the expertise of the selected referee.

IIPPE Book Series with Pluto Press
IIPPE Book Series with Pluto Press is launched, with the publication of the first book in the series by Ben Fine, Theories Of Social Capital: Researchers Behaving Badly. If any IIPPE member would like to review this book and help to promote the series by doing so, please contact iippe@soas.ac.uk, preferably but not necessarily nominating a journal that you have in mind. This book, is available at a huge discount of 40% to IIPPE members as are a number of other books from Pluto as a result of a generously negotiated deal between IIPPE and our publishers.
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