The Elgar companion to social economics
This comprehensive second edition of The Elgar Companion to Social Economics presents an overview of a dynamic and growing field in economics that emphasizes the key role that values play in the economy and in economic life. Social economics treats the economy and economics as being embedded in the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham
Edward Elgar Pub. Ltd
2015
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| Edition: | 2nd ed |
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This comprehensive second edition of The Elgar Companion to Social Economics presents an overview of a dynamic and growing field in economics that emphasizes the key role that values play in the economy and in economic life. Social economics treats the economy and economics as being embedded in the larger web of social and ethical relationships. It also regards economics and ethics as essentially connected, and adds values such as justice, fairness, dignity, well-being, freedom and equality to the standard emphasis on efficiency. Leading contributors in the field elucidate a wide range of recent developments across different subject areas and topics. Contributors map the likely trends and directions of future research, making this second edition of the Companion a leading reference source and guide to social economics for many years to come. Providing concise discussion and an indication of what to expect in future decades, this interdisciplinary Companion will be of great interest to students and academics of social economics and socio-economics, as well as institutional, evolutionary and heterodox economics. It will also appeal to management scholars and those concerned with business ethics pt. I. Social concerns in economics -- pt. II. The socially embedded individual -- pt. III. Individual in context -- pt. IV. Growth and (in)equality -- pt. V. Socially embedded exchange : firms -- pt. VI. Socially embedded exchange : firms -- pt. VII. Social relations in the economy -- pt. VIII. Finance, money and policy -- pt. IX. The state -- pt. X. Law and the economy -- pt. XI. The long view |
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| Physical Description: | 800 p |
| ISBN: | 9781783478545 9781783478538 |