Presenting a novel view on the interaction between states and markets, this volume explores contemporary capitalism by regarding the economy as a polity, as an arrangement that is constituted by some collective agreements about its mode of operation.

Part I - The Economy as a Polity: Renewing a Debate: Theorising the Economy as a Polity: The Point of View of Contemporary Economics; The Problmatique of Economic Modernity: Critical Theory, Political Philosophy and the Analysis of Capitalism; Civilizational Perspectives on Capitalism; One World Or Three?: Globalization and the Future of Welfare Capitalism. Part II - Capitalism, co-ordination, Constitution: Capitalism, Coordination, and Economic Change: Lessons from the French Political Economy; Between Constitutional Democracy and Society: reflections on the Legal-Historical Evolution of Administrative Governance; The Turn to Governance and the Problmatique of Constitutionalism; The European Social Model and the Constitution-Giving Process in the European Union. Part III - Markets, Mobility, Monetary Regulation: The Basel System of International Monetary relations, 1960-1968; Monetary Regulation and European Economic Policy in Historical Perspective.