political economy
1political economy — political economist. 1. a social science dealing with political policies and economic processes, their interrelations, and their influence on social institutions. 2. (in the 17th 18th centuries) the art of management of communities, esp. as… …
2Political Economy — Political Economy † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Political Economy SCIENCE OF POLITICAL ECONOMY (ECONOMICS). I. DEFINITIONS Political economy (Greek, oikonomia the management of a household or family, politike pertaining to the… …
3Political economy — economy e*con o*my ([ e]*k[o^]n [ o]*m[y^]), n.; pl. {Economies} ([ e]*k[o^]n [ o]*m[i^]z). [F. [ e]conomie, L. oeconomia household management, fr. Gr. o ikonomi a, fr. o ikono mos one managing a household; o i^kos house (akin to L. vicus village …
4political economy — ➔ economy1 * * * political economy UK US noun [U] ► ECONOMICS, POLITICS used, especially in the past, to refer to the study of the economy of a particular country or countries and how it is connected with the political system: »Adam Smith is… …
5Political economy — Political Po*lit i*cal, a. 1. Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration. [R.] A political government. Evelyn. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to public policy, or to politics; relating to affairs of state or administration;… …
6political economy — n. former term for ECONOMICS …
7Political economy — Not to be confused with Economic policy. Part of the Politics series Politics …
8Political Economy — A field of interdisciplinary study drawing on economics, law, and political science to understand the mechanism by which political structures, institutions, and the policies influence market behavior. Within the discipline of political science …
9political economy — In the strict sense, an influential body of writings on economic questions associated principally with the French and English Enlightenment of the eighteenth century, and which culminated in the economic theories associated with Adam Smith .… …
10Political Economy — The study and use of how economic theory and methods influences political ideology. Political economy is the interplay between economics, law and politics, and how institutions develop in different social and economic systems, such as capitalism …
