DR Joy paton

B.Ec (SocSci) Syd. PhD Syd. Grad.Cert (Higher Education) Syd.

Dr Joy paton

Email

joy.paton@sydney.edu.au

Phone

+61 2 9351 6616

Address

Room 461
H04 - Merewether
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

Joy Paton’s teaching and research interests centre on institutional, Marxian and other heterodox economic traditions including ecological and feminist political economy. These inform her analyses of the economy-society-environment nexus and associated policies for environmental issues and the complex problems of sustainable development and climate change. They also frame her interest in the social basis of economic activity: how the economic process is ‘embedded’ both institutionally and ideologically in different cultural and historical contexts; and how this is theorised and conceptualised in different heterodox traditions.

Research Interests

  • Theories of Political Economy
  • History of economic thought
  • Liberalism and neo-liberalism
  • Economy, environment and sustainable development
  • Social, cultural and institutional basis of economy
  • Interdisciplinary teaching and learning

Publications

Books

Spies-Butcher, B., Paton, J. and Cahill, D. (2012) Market Society: History, Theory, Practice, Melbourne: Cambridge University Press

Paton, J. (2011) Seeking Sustainability: On the Prospect of an Ecological Liberalism, London & New York: Routledge

Chapters in Books

Paton, J. and Valiente-Riedl, E. (2012) “Re-evaluating the MDG framework in Papua New Guinea” in F Panzironi & K Gelber eds., The Capability Approach: Development Practice and Public Policy in the Asia-Pacific Region, Oxon UK & New York: Routledge

Paton, J. (2012) “Neoliberalism through the lens of Embeddedness”, in Damien Cahill, Lindy Edwards and Frank Stilwell eds., Neoliberalism: Beyond the Free Market, Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited

Paton, J. (2011) “Sustainable Development” in G Argyrous and F Stilwell eds., Readings in Political Economy: Economics as a Social Science, Prahran VIC: Tilde University Press

Journal Articles & Published Conference Proceedings

Chester, L. and Paton. J. (2013) "The economic-environment relation: can post-Keynesians, Regulationists and Polanyians offer insights?", European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention, Vol.10, No.1, p.106

Paton, J. and Bryant, G. (2012) “Valuing pollution: problems of price in the commodification of nature”, Economic and Labour Relations Review, Vol.23, No.1, p.87

Cahill, D. and Paton, J. (2012) “‘Thinking Socially’ about Markets”, Journal of Australian Political Economy, Summer 2011/12, No 68, p.8

Paton, J and Cahill, D. (2012) “Contesting Markets”, Journal of Australian Political Economy, Summer 2011/12, No 68, p.5

Paton, J. (2011) Climate Change: the Economics & Politics of Justice, Australian Journal of Political Science, Vol.46, No. 2, p.353

Paton, J. (2011) “Theorising ‘economy’: reclaiming Karl Polanyi as an Institutionalist” in L Chester, M Johnson & P Kriesler eds., Proceedings of the Tenth Australian Society of Heterodox Economists Conference, University of New South Wales, Sydney, ISBN 978-0-7334-3078-7

Paton, J. (2010) “Labour as a (Fictitious) Commodity: Polanyi and the Capitalist ‘Market Economy’”, Economic and Labour Relations Review, Vol. 21, No.1, p.77

Paton, J. and Bryant, G. (2010) “Priceless! The Value of Pollution and Sustainable Climate Change” in L Chester, M Johnson & P Kriesler eds., Proceedings of the Ninth Australian Society of Heterodox Economists Conference, University of New South Wales, Sydney, ISBN 978-0-7334-2957-6

Paton, J. (2009) “Review of Ariel Salleh (ed), Eco-sufficiency & Global Justice: Women Write Political Ecology”, Journal of Australian Political Economy, July, No 63, p.141

Paton, J. (2008) “What’s Left of Sustainable Development?”, Journal of Australian Political Economy, December, No 62, p.

Paton, J. (2002) “On the Prospect of an Ecological Liberalism”, Proceedings of the University of NSW Environmental Engineering and Research Event, ISBN:9580158-1-3

Conference Papers

Chester, L. and Paton, J. (2012) “Greening economic theory: Heterodox possibilities”, the Association for Heterodox Economists conference (AHE), Paris

Paton, J. (2011) “How Liberal is Neoliberalism?”, presented at the Conference of the Society for Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE), Madrid

Paton, J. (2010) “Embeddedness: Revealing Tensions in Neoliberalism”, Invited Paper, presented at Contesting Neoliberalism and its Future Workshop, University of Sydney in Association with the Academy of Social Sciences

Paton, J. (2009) “Social Money”, Invited Paper, presented at Re-Embedding the Market: Crisis and Reinvention?, Melbourne University and Harvard University, USA

Paton, J. and Riedl, E. (2009) “Capabilities; Culture; Cooperatives: Getting on Track for MDG1 in PNG?”, Symposium: Capabilities, Freedoms and Policy-making in the Pacific Region, Human Development and Capability Association, University of New South Wales

Paton, J. (2008) “Why Labour is a (fictitious) Commodity: History and Structure in the Capitalist Economy”, Cross-disciplinary Roundtable, Discipline of Work and Organisational Studies, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Sydney

Paton, J. (2008) “Polanyian Pedagogy: Political Economy and the Praxis of Transformation” presented at the Eleventh International Karl Polanyi Conference, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

Paton, J. (2008) “Embedded Communities: Putting the ‘Market’ in its Place”, presented at the International Eco-Community Conference - Community Development and Ecology: Engaging Ecological Sustainability, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia

Paton, J. (2004) “Sustainability and Liberal Political Economy”, presented at A Future that Works – Economics, Employment and the Environment, Centre of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE), University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Paton, J. (2004) “From Neo-Liberalism to New-Liberalism: an Ecological Feminist Perspective on Sustainability”, paper presented to the Conference of the Society of Heterodox Economists (SHE), University of New South Wales

Paton, J. (2003) “Creating the Space for an Ecological Liberalism”, presented at Creating Spaces: Interdisciplinary Writings in the Social Sciences, Australian National University, ACT, Australia