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

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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