Knowledge and Economic Conduct : The Social Foundations of the Modern Economy /

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"Examining the foundations of the modern capitalist economy from a broad social scientific perspective, this challenging work posits that changing economic circumstances - namely, an end to the primacy of labour and property as determinants of prosperity - have created a need for a new theoreti...

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Main Author: Stehr, Nico
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2002.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Économie du savoir.
Societe de l'information.
Technologies de l'information.
Histoire economique.
Economische aspecten.
Informatietechnologie.
Wissen
Grundlage
Wirtschaft
Informationstechnik
Knowledge workers.
Information society.
Economic history.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Theory.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
Histoire economique > 1990-
Travailleurs du savoir.
Societe informatisee.
Technologie de l'information > Aspect economique.
Economic history > 1990-
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Social Sciences, the Economy, and Politics
  • Economic Activities and Social Action
  • Knowledge as a Productive Factor
  • Knowledge Societies
  • The Modern Economy
  • The Future of Work?
  • The Changing Economic Structure of Society
  • Globalization, Information, and Knowledge
  • Economy and Ecology
  • Prospects: The Fragility of the Future.

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