Beyond the market : the social foundations of economic efficiency /

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Beyond the Market launches a sociological investigation into economic efficiency. Prevailing economic theory, which explains efficiency using formalized rational choice models, often simplifies human behavior to the point of distortion. Jens Beckert finds such theory to be particularly weak in expla...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Beckert, Jens, 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Alemán
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2002.
Subjects:
Economics > Sociological aspects.
Decision making > Social aspects.
Économie politique > Aspect sociologique.
Prise de décision > Aspect social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Decision making > Social aspects
Economics > Sociological aspects
Economisch handelen.
Efficiëntie.
Theorieën.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Part 1. Critique. The limits of the rational-actor model as a microfoundation of economic efficiency
  • Part 2. Concepts. Émile Durkheim: the economy as moral order
  • Talcott Parsons : the economy as a subsystem of society
  • Niklas Luhman : the economy as a autopoietic system
  • Anthony Giddens : actor and structure in economic action.

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