JADMAG Issue 4.2 "What is Political Economy?"

  Description Edited by Bassam Haddad, Omar Dahi, Ziad Abu-Rish, Joel Beinin & Sherene Seikaly. This issue of JadMag is the first of a series on the Political Economy of the Middle East. Drawn from presentations at the Political Economy Project’s founding workshop, the authors in this issue seek to define and interrogate the field of political economy and address how they actually “do” political economy. While authors agree on the interdisciplinary study of political economy as well as the basic tenets of the Marxist tradition, they nevertheless present various perspectives.   Also included in this issue is a vast and evolving annotated bibliography of recommended texts in political economy. Subsequent issues in this series will be announced at www.politicaleconomyproject.com.     Table of Contents Introduction   Political Economy Defined, pg. 4 by Joel Beinin   Articles   The Political Economy of Definition, pg. 7 by Bassam Haddad   Spaces of Political Economy, pg. 10  by Ada