The limits of regulation : a critical analysis of capitalist development This unique and original book offers a critical survey of the regulation approach an influential theoretical school born in the 1970s and belonging to the neo Marxist and radical political economy traditions. The author’s persuasive argument is that regulation in order to explain capitalist development resorts to historicism and institutionalism and thereby adopts a ‘middle range’ methodology. He contends that both its theoretical and methodological perspectives are currently unfit for this purpose. This novel critique of regulation will prove a challenging and stimulating read for academics researchers and graduate students with an interest in heterodox economics the history of economic thought political economy regional development and labour process theory.