Critical Methods in Political and Cultural Economy

Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Series Information......Page 3
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Table of Contents......Page 8
List of Illustrations......Page 10
Contributors......Page 11
Acknowledgements......Page 15
1 Reimagining critical methods......Page 16
Why it matters......Page 17
Doing critical political economy......Page 18
Pluralism in action......Page 20
A method for researching critical methods in practice......Page 22
How to use this book......Page 27
Bibliography......Page 29
Self-reflections on ‘the methods question’ in feminist IR/IPE......Page 31
Contemporary thinking about feminist IR/IPE methods......Page 32
Searching for feminist IR/IPE methods: a retrospective......Page 33
Works cited......Page 36
Tea and text: Cultivated intuition as methodological process......Page 38
Further reading......Page 42
Norms, political economy and serendipity: Thinking pragmatically about IPE......Page 43
Works cited......Page 47
2 Forging new paths in the critical school......Page 48
On discipline formation......Page 49
Mainstream versus critical International Political Economy......Page 50
What is ‘critical’ International Political Economy?......Page 52
Curating our intellectual traditions......Page 54
Pushing our progressive innovations......Page 56
Cultivating our cultural roots......Page 57
Bibliography......Page 59
Redemptive political economy......Page 66
Works cited......Page 70
Further readings......Page 72
Investigating those you love: Labor and global governance......Page 73
Works cited......Page 77
Discourse, nature and critical political economy: American environmentalists debate immigration......Page 79
Immigration and nature: a discursive intervention......Page 80
The promises and perils of discourse analysis......Page 82
Featured work......Page 83
Further reading......Page 84
3 Developing a language of methods within the critical school......Page 85
The social life of methods in the critical school......Page 86
Crafting a critical research ethic......Page 89
Ethics in practice......Page 91
Developing a reflexive methodology......Page 93
Conclusion......Page 94
Works cited......Page 95
Entering the field with an open mind and an agile methodology......Page 98
Deliberative moments......Page 99
Three factors that can make or break an adaptive research process......Page 100
A research process that transforms......Page 101
Conclusion......Page 102
Works cited......Page 103
(Dis)embodied methodology in International Political Economy......Page 104
Works cited......Page 108
Critical methodology and the problem of history......Page 109
2. Build a narrative based on what difference the innovations of agents make......Page 112
3. Analyse social developments largely as unintended effects of social struggles......Page 113
Works cited......Page 114
4 Iterative reflexive research strategy......Page 115
Political economy as pluralism in practice......Page 116
Iterative reflexive research strategy......Page 117
What is the object of analysis?......Page 119
Accounting for methods......Page 122
Bibliography......Page 126
Doing research in the shadows of the global political economy......Page 130
Meeting the challenges......Page 131
Unavailability of data......Page 132
Logistical difficulties......Page 133
Works cited......Page 134
The archive as a critical resource......Page 136
Works cited......Page 139
Qualitative research practices and critical political economy......Page 140
Works cited......Page 143
5 On evidence and corroboration......Page 144
What is evidence of cultural political economy?......Page 146
Reflexivity and evidence......Page 147
Human subjects......Page 148
Texts......Page 149
Institutions......Page 150
What is our evidence, evidence of?......Page 151
Works cited......Page 153
Everyday economic narratives......Page 156
Bibliography......Page 160
Social network analysis and critical political economy......Page 161
Works cited......Page 167
Conclusion......Page 169
Bibliography......Page 174
Index......Page 175