Finanzkrise, okologische Wachstumsdebatte, Zukunftsfahigkeit - Wirtschaft steht derzeit unter verscharfter Beobachtung. Eine soziologische Auseinandersetzung mit der Bedeutung und den Pramissen von wirtschaftlicher Rationalitat erscheint deshalb aktuell: Gibt es eine spezifisch wirtschaftliche Rationalitat? Was waren ihre Determinanten, wie ist ihre Reichweite einzuschatzen, und mit welchen gesellschaftlichen Folgen wird sie wirksam?

In April 1997 a group of social scientists in Germany came together to form a task force on institutional dimensions of global environmental change. At the time they were all engaged in research projects funded by the German Re search Council (DFG) within its Priority Programme "Global Environmental Change - Social and Behavioural Dimensions." Coming initially from the fields of political science and sociology they were motivated by a common interest in advancing knowledge on processes of institutional change relevant to major environmental problems. By exploring the capacity of diverse disci...

This book brings together cutting-edge perspectives on socio-political, socio-historical and institutional analyses of the evolving multiple and intertwined financialization processes of developmental institutions, programs and policies.

This book brings together cutting-edge perspectives on socio-political, socio-historical and institutional analyses of the evolving multiple and intertwined financialization processes of developmental institutions, programs and policies.