Union for Radical Political Economics
The Union for Radical Political Economics, founded in 1968 is an interdisciplinary association devoted to the study, development and application of radical political economic analysis to social problems. URPE seeks to critique the capitalist system and all forms of exploitation and oppression while helping to construct a progressive social policy and create socialist alternatives.[1]
History
Founding Members
- Sam Bowles
- Barry Bluestone
- Gene Coyle
- Herb Gintis
- Art MacEwan
- ohn Pool
- Michael Reich
- Tom Weisskopf
- Howard Wachtel
Coordinators
The coordinators of the URPE for 2009 - 2010 were:[2]
- [[Pat Duffy (National Office), University of Massachusetts
ASSA Coordinators:
- Fred Moseley, Mount Holyoke College
- Laurie Nisonoff, Hampshire College
- Jenny Brown (Newletter Editor & Women’s Caucus Representative), Redstockings Women’s Liberation Archives
- Ruthie Indeck (Economy Connection Coordinator)
Steering Committee:
- Frances Boyes, UNITE HERE
- Al Campbell, University of Utah
- Scott Carter, University of Tulsa
- Marie Duggan, Keene State College
- Laura Ebert, Marist College
- Mathew Forstater, University of Missouri
- Armagan Gezici, Keene State College
- Julio Huato, St. Francis College
- Laurie Nisonoff, Hampshire College
- Patty Lee Parmalee
- Paddy Quick, St. Francis College
Review of Radical Political Economics
The Review of Radical Political Economics is the journal of the Union for Radical Political Economics, being published four times a year by Sage Publications. It promotes critical inquiry into all areas of economic, social, and political reality with an approach they define as "non-orthodox economics". The RPE publishes research in Marxian economics, post-Keynesian economics, Sraffian economics, feminist economics, and radical institutional economics.[3]
Editorial Board
The editorial board for 2008 - 2009 was:[4]
- Hazel Dayton Gunn (Managing Editor), Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University
- David Barkin (Book Review Editor), Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico
- Enid Arvidson, University of Texas at Arlington
- Ron Baiman, Loyola University Chicago
- Brigitte Bechtold, Central Michigan University
- Richard Cornwall, Emeritus, Middlebury College
- William Dugger, The University of Tulsa
- Don Goldstein, Allegheny College
- Christopher Gunn, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
- Alan Day Haight, SUNY Cortland
- Dorene Isenberg, University of Redlands
- Fadhel Kaboub, Drew University
- Michael Keaney, Mercuria Business School/Evtek University
- Marlene Kim, University of Massachusetts at Boston
- David Kotz, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
- Mehrene Larudee, DePaul University
- Victor Lippit, University of California at Riverside
- John McDermott, Emeritus, SUNY
- Gary Mongiovi, Saint John’s University
- Shaianne Osterreich, Ithaca College
- Bruce Pietrykowski, University of Michigan at Dearborn
- Paddy Quick, St. Francis College
- Gil Skillman, Wesleyan University
- Ramaa Vasudevan, Colorado State University at Fort Collins
- John Weeks, Emeritus, University of London
- John Willoughby, American University