This edited collection looks at the emerging relationship between politics and economics. The analysis of power relations - traditionally the focus of political science - is becoming increasingly important to economists in order to understand concepts such as the 'contested nature' of market exchanges. These papers examine power relations in the firm and the market place and offer an economic perspective of political relations. The book is divided into three sections: * politics and power in economic organizations * the economic analysis of political organizations * politics,...
This edited collection looks at the emerging relationship between politics and economics. The analysis of power relations - traditionally the focus of...
This volume argues that one of the first tasks of economic theory should be to explain the enormous diversity of institutional arrangements that has characterised human societies.
This volume argues that one of the first tasks of economic theory should be to explain the enormous diversity of institutional arrangements that has c...
This book addresses the lively interaction between the disciplines of law and economics. The traditional boundaries of these two disciplines have somehow inhibited a full understanding of the functioning of and the evolution of economic and legal systems. It has often been the case that these boundaries have had to be reshaped, and sometimes abolished, before either one of the two disciplines could successfully clarify the real life problems arising from the complex institutions of contemporary societies.
The contributions to this volume encompass some of the core...
This book addresses the lively interaction between the disciplines of law and economics. The traditional boundaries of these two disciplines have s...
This text addresses the challenges posed by a globally integrated economy and the economic roles played by information and motivation. The text argues for an egalitarian redistribution of assets - land, capital and housing - and espouses the beneficial disciplining effects of competition.
This text addresses the challenges posed by a globally integrated economy and the economic roles played by information and motivation. The text argues...
The traditional role of evolutionary theory in the social sciences has been to explain the existence of an object in terms of the survival of the fittest. In economics this approach has acted as a justification for hypotheses such as profit maximisation, or the existence of institutions in terms of their overall efficiency. This volume challenges that view and argues that one of the first tasks of economic theory should be to explain the enormous diversity of institutional arrangements that has characterised human societies.
The traditional role of evolutionary theory in the social sciences has been to explain the existence of an object in terms of the survival of the fitt...
