新政治经济学及其在发展问题中的应用

New Political Economy and Its application in the Issue of Development

新政治经济学倡导用经济学的方法研究政治问题,强调经济和政治的内在关联性,坚持个人主义的方法论和经济人假设,试图把政治过程理解为类似经济的交换过程。新政治经济学关于公共选择、集体行动、寻租和官僚的理论成果,在发展问题的研究中得到了广泛应用。

The New Political Economy, which emphasizes the relationship between politics and economics,intends to analyze political problems in the framework of Economics. It advocates the methodology of individualism and the assumption of rational individuals,trying to look upon politics as a process of trade like in economy. The achievements in NPE, such as Public Choice,Collective Activity, Rent-seeking and Bureaucracy, have been applied widely in researches on development.