ISBN:
9780415175272
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (350 p.)
Parallel Title:
Print version Economy And Society
DDC:
306.3
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This volume is designed as a contribution to the synthesis of theory ineconomics and sociology. We believe that the degree of separationbetween these two disciplines separation emphasized by intellectualtraditions and present institutional arrangements arbitrarily concealsa degree of intrinsic intimacy between them which must be brought tothe attention of the respective professional groups
Description / Table of Contents:
BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; TABLE OF FIGURES; PREFACE; CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM: CURRENT SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY AND SOME CENTRAL CONCEPTS OF ECONOMICS; CHAPTER II THE ECONOMY AS A SOCIAL SYSTEM; CHAPTER III THE INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY; CHAPTER IV ECONOMIC PROCESSES WITHIN THE SOCIAL SYSTEM; CHAPTER V THE PROBLEMS OF GROWTH AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN THE ECONOMY; CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION: ECONOMIC THEORY AND THE GENERAL THEORY OF SOCIAL SYSTEMS; ECONOMICS BIBLIOGRAPHY; SOCIOLOGY BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;
Description / Table of Contents:
BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; TABLE OF FIGURES; PREFACE; CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM: CURRENT SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY AND SOME CENTRAL CONCEPTS OF ECONOMICS; THE PROBLEM; THE PROGRAMME; SOME CONGRUENCES BETWEEN ECONOMIC AND SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY; A. Between Categories; B. Between System Types; THE PROBLEM OF COST; THE PROBLEM OF WELFARE; TECHNICAL NOTE; CHAPTER II THE ECONOMY AS A SOCIAL SYSTEM; THE FUNCTIONAL DIFFERENTIATION OF SOCIETY; THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN THE SUB-SYSTEMS OF SOCIETY; DOUBLE INTERCHANGES AT THE BOUNDARIES
Description / Table of Contents:
SOME ECONOMIC THEORIES AND THE BOUNDARY PROCESSES OF THE ECONOMYCHAPTER III THE INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY; CONTRACT: THE CENTRAL ECONOMIC INSTITUTION; LABOUR, OCCUPATION AND THE CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT; PROPERTY, OWNERSHIP, AND THE CONTRACT OF INVESTMENT; FACTOR GENERALIZATION AND ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION; THE INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE OF MARKETS; THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF ECONOMIC VALUES AND THE MOTIVATION OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; CHAPTER IV ECONOMIC PROCESSES WITHIN THE SOCIAL SYSTEM; SOME MODELS OF THE TRADE CYCLE; THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY
Description / Table of Contents:
THE INTERNAL BOUNDARY RELATIONS OF THE ECONOMYRESTATEMENT OF THE TRADE CYCLE; THE CONSUMPTION FUNCTION; THE INVESTMENT FUNCTION; A NOTE ON TIME LAGS; CHAPTER V THE PROBLEMS OF GROWTH AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN THE ECONOMY; THE NATURE OF CHANGE; A MODEL OF ECONOMIC GROWTH; A STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN THE AMERICAN ECONOMY: THE SEPARATION OF OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL; A MODEL OF INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE; A. The Impetus to Change; B. The Propagation of the Impetus to Change; C. The Process of Structural Differentiation; D. A Summary of the Model and Its Application
Description / Table of Contents:
THE ECONOMIC GROWTH MODEL AND THE PROCESS OF INSTITUTIONAL CHANGESOME HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES; CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION: ECONOMIC THEORY AND THE GENERAL THEORY OF SOCIAL SYSTEMS; A SUMMARY OF THE ANALYSIS; CONCLUSIONS; ECONOMICS BIBLIOGRAPHY; SOCIOLOGY BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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