{"product_id":"cultural-values-in-political-economy-9781503612693","title":"Cultural Values in Political Economy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe backlash against globalization and the rise of cultural anxiety has led to considerable re-thinking among social scientists. This book provides multiple theoretical, historical, and methodological orientations to examine these issues. While addressing the rise of populism worldwide, the volume provides explanations that cover periods of both cultural turbulence and stability. Issues addressed include populism and cultural anxiety, class, religion, arts and cultural diversity, global environment norms, international trade, and soft power.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe interdisciplinary scholarship from well-known scholars questions the oft-made assumption in political economy that holds culture \"constant,\" which in practice means marginalizing it in the explanation. The volume conceptualizes culture as a repertoire of values and alternatives. Locating human interests in underlying cultural values does not make political economy's strategic or instrumental calculations of interests redundant: the instrumental logic follows a social context and a distribution of cultural values, while locating forms of decision-making that may not be rational.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ.P. Singh\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of International Commerce and Policy at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University and author of \u003ci\u003eSweet Talk: Paternalism and Collective Action in North-South Trade Negotiations\u003c\/i\u003e (Stanford, 2017).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50467198402834,"sku":"9781503612693","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fcc9714b-d916-4e5f-92e3-906742077063.jpg?v=1730129846","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cultural-values-in-political-economy-9781503612693","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}