6: Political Economy

Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey, London School of Economics, c.m.schonhardt-bailey@lse.ac.uk

The Political Economy section invites paper and panel proposals on any aspect of the relationship between politics and economics, including but not limited to the typical areas of policy relevance (trade, aid, monetary, and fiscal policy), institutions and institutional change, economic globalization, redistribution, inequality, property rights, ideas and beliefs, and so on. Given its inherent multidisciplinary nature, we particularly welcome proposals that extend into other disciplines (history, law, geography, psychology, sociology etc.)

The APSA theme urges us to explore change and complexity in the pursuit of knowledge-and in particular, to bring that knowledge to bear on challenges in the contemporary era. Following this theme of Politics in Motion, the Political Economy section invites submissions that (1) employ new methodologies and approaches; (2) address contemporary challenges and puzzles in political economy; (3) encourage policy relevance (and if possible, bring together scholars and practitioners); and (4) explore either new or previously underused data. In short, we encourage submissions that capture the theme of Politics in Motion by embracing new tools, new questions, new people and new data.