Ngai-Ling Sum (born 1952) is a British sociologist and

political economist Political economy is the study of how economic systems (e.g. markets and national economies) and political systems (e.g. law, institutions, government) are linked. Widely studied phenomena within the discipline are systems such as labour mar ...

and co-director of the Cultural Political Economy Research Centre at

Lancaster University Lancaster University (legally The University of Lancaster) is a public university, public research university in Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The university was established in 1964 by royal charter, as one of several pla ...

Career

Her 2006 book ''Beyond the Regulation Approach. Putting Capitalist Economies in their Place'' (co-authored with

Bob Jessop Bob Jessop (born 3 March 1946) is a British academic who has published extensively on state theory and political economy. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Lancaster. Work Jessop's major contribution to s ...

) was awarded the

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Prize awarded given by the

European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy The European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE) is a pluralist forum of social scientists that brings together institutional and evolutionary economists broadly defined. EAEPE members are scholars working on realistic approa ...

. ''

Geografiska Annaler ''Geografiska Annaler'' is a scientific journal published by the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography in Stockholm, Sweden. The journal is founded in 1919. Since 1965 the journal is published in two series A and B. Series A deals with arc ...

'' called the book a good introduction to the theory of Regulation Approach. Sum's contributions to the book were considered "central in pushing its boundaries to the emerging project of cultural political economy" by

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in ''

Economic Geography Economic geography is the subfield of human geography which studies economic activity and factors affecting them. It can also be considered a subfield or method in economics. There are four branches of economic geography. There is, primary secto ...

''. She also was awarded a

British Academy The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the same year. It is now a fellowship of more than 1,000 leading scholars span ...

BARDA Award in 2008 for her work with Jessop on ''Changing Cultures of Competitiveness: A Cultural Political Economy Approach''. Her work has appeared in several academic journals like '' Competition & Change'', ''

Urban Studies Urban studies is based on the study of the urban development of cities. This includes studying the history of city development from an architectural point of view, to the impact of urban design on community development efforts. The core theoretica ...

'', ''

New Political Economy New Political Economy (NPE) is a relatively recent sub-school within the field of political economy. NPE scholars treat economic ideologies as the relevant phenomena to be explained by political economy. Thus, Charles S. Maier suggests that a pol ...

'', '' Critical Policy Studies'', ''Critical Asian Studies'', ''Economy and Society'', and ''

Capital & Class ''Capital & Class'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the fields of politics and economics, especially concerning Marxism and critical theories like feminism, environmentalism, poststructuralism, along with other radical and ...

'', among others.

Major works

* * ''Beyond the Regulation Approach. Putting Capitalist Economies in their Place'' (co-authored with Bob Jessop) Cheltenham: Edward Elgar 2006. * ''Towards A Cultural Political Economy. Putting Culture in its Place in Political Economy'' (co-authored with Bob Jessop) Cheltenham: Edward Elgar 2014.

References

External links

Ngai-Ling Sum's homepage at University of Lancaster
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sum, Ngai-Ling 1952 births Living people Academics of Lancaster University British sociologists British women sociologists