政治学と経済学の統合的アプローチによって政治・経済・社会の多様な課題を分析・考察しようと試みる学際的分野、政治経済学の基本的理解を可能にするテクスト約60点を全４巻に収録する論文集成。Volume I 'Theory: Social Choice and Elections' and Volume II 'Elections and Institutions' allow users to understand the fundamental constraints that political processes impose on legal frameworks. Volume III 'Politics, Law, and Economic Performance' gathers the vital scholarship on important contributions to theories of economic growth and fluctuations, as well as key work on how those macroeconomic outcomes relate to politico-legal foundations. Volume IV 'Governance' takes a 'micro-governance' approach, exploring how, for example, corporate law and intra-firm politics influence the macroeconomic aggregates by which social welfare is often measured.