Political economy: The state of the discipline

Abstract

The article lays out the current state of the political economy. It begins with the question whether or not political economy is the discipline of political science. Sections 3-5 briefly review the development of political economy prior to the World War 2. Sections 6-8 review the state of the discipline after the World War 2. Section 7 reviews the most important works that grounded the contemporary discipline of political economy, including the works of Black, Downs, Buchanan & Tullock, and Riker. Section 8 reviews main research areas, concepts, and issues of contemporary political economy such as prosoners dilemma and the economic effects of the constitutions.

Tekst izlaže današnje stanje političke ekonomije, tačnije teorije javnog izbora. Započinje sa pitanjem da li politička ekonomija spada u političku ili ekonomsku nauku. U odeljcima 3-5 iznosi se kratak razvoj političke ekonomije do Drugog svetskog rata. Drugi deo rada (odeljci 6-8) bave se stanjem discipline posle Drugog svetskog rata. U odeljku 7 izlažu se najznačajniji radovi i dela koja su utemeljila savremenu političku ekonomiju. Odeljak 8 govori o oblastima istraživanja i glavnim istraživačkim problemima savremene političke ekonomije.