The Foundations of Evolutionary Institutional Economics: Generic Institutionalism

ISBN-13: 9780415810760 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 354 str.

Manuel W. Ckerle

Opis

Evolutionary economics implicitly deals with generic analysis of economic processes," "but thus far there have been relatively few attempts to make this stream of thought and" "analysis explicit within a common theoretical framework. ""This book explores the foundational principles of evolutionary institutional economics, with the aim of establishing common ground for scientific self-sufficiency and openness to pluralism, and of establishing the theoretical, analytical and methodological categories of a "Generic Institutionalism."

The main objective of the book is to synthesize institutional analysis by using an evolutionary open system perspective of research. Therefore the book digs deeply into the still ongoing discussion regarding ontological foundations of evolutionary economics. Issues covered include where and how institutionalists may engage with policy research, and how we are able to model institutional change along the theoretical and analytical thought lines previously established. The book closes with a prototype of an archetypical agent based model of the emergence and exit of institutions.

This volume" "is unique in providing an integrated approach for the analysis of evolving institutional systems. It offers both a detailed description of the grand picture of evolutionary economics, as well as a very deep analysis of its constituents and related policy arenas. The theory, analysis and methodology offered here will provide standard frameworks for scholars as well as their students.

Spis treści

Introduction: Evolutionary Economic Programs  Part I: Evolution: Ontological Foundations  1. Ontologies and heuristics  2. Dualistic approaches  3. Naturalistic approaches  4. Remarks and reflections on Part I  Part II: Institutions: Generic Heuristics  5. What are institutions?  6. Veblen heuristics  7. Hayek heuristics  8. Schumpeter heuristics  9. Bourdieu heuristics  10. Synthesizing heuristics with generic rules  11. Remarks and reflections on Part II  Part III: Complexity: Methodological Considerations  12. From semantic to synthetic programming  13. An agent-based model of institutional change  14. Power within nethworks  15. Remarks and reflections on Part III  Part IV: Policy Realms  16. Institutions, technology and nature  17. Evolutioin of credit-rules  18. Democracy in practice

O autorze

Manuel Wäckerle is a lecturer and research assistant at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria.