…………………Although the approaches to political economy based on the application of the method and theory of economic science are very helpful, they are as yet inadequate to provide a comprehensive and satisfactory framework for scholarly inquiry. Concepts. variables, and causal relations have not yet been systematically developed; political and other noneconomic factors are frequently slighted. unified methodology or theory of political economy would require a general comprehension of the process of social change, including the ways economic, and political aspects of society interact. Therefore, I use the term "political economy simply to indicate a set of questions to be examined by means of an eclectic mixture of analytic methods and theoretical perspectives.methodological means are readily available. (Tooze, 1984)