Definition of political economy in English English dictionary
Interdisciplinary studies drawing upon economics, law, and political science in explaining how political institutions, the political environment, and the economic system — capitalist, socialist, mixed — influence each other
the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
Political economy is the study of the way in which a government influences or organizes a nation's wealth. the study of the way nations organize the production and use of wealth. Academic discipline that explores the relationship between individuals and society and between markets and the state, using methods drawn from economics, political science, and sociology. The term is derived from the Greek terms polis (city or state) and oikonomos (one who manages a household). Political economy is thus concerned with how countries are managed, taking into account both political and economic factors. The field today encompasses several areas of inquiry, including the politics of economic relations, domestic political and economic issues, the comparative study of political and economic systems, and the study of international political economy
{i} social science that studies the relationships and interaction of economics and political and government policies; former name for economics