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Sociologists, Economists, and Democracy

Author : Brian Barry
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226038246
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Sociologists, Economists, and Democracy written by Brian Barry and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1988-09-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Rationalist theories of political behavior have recently risen in status to that of a new—or, more accurately, rediscovered—paradigm in the systematic study of politics. Brian Barry's short, provocative book played no small part in the debate that precipitated this shift. . . . Without reservation, Barry's treatise is the most lucid and most influential critique of two important, competing perspectives in political analysis: the 'sociological' school of Talcott Parsons, Gabriel Almond, and other so-called functionalists; and the 'economic' school of Anthony Downs and Mancur Olson, among others."—Dennis J. Encarnation, American Journal of Sociology

Sociologists, Economists and Democracy

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (641 download)

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Download or read book Sociologists, Economists and Democracy written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Limits of Public Choice

Author : Lars Udehn
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134802021
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book The Limits of Public Choice written by Lars Udehn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public choice has been one of the most important developments in the social sciences in the last twenty years. However there are many people who are frustrated by the uncritical importing of ideas from economics into political science. Public Choice uses both empirical evidence and theoretical analysis to argue that the economic theory of politics is limited in scope and fertility. In order to arrive at a more comprehensive understanding of political life, political scientists must learn from both economists and sociologists.

International Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology

Author : Jens Beckert
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0415286735
Total Pages : 795 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (152 download)

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Download or read book International Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology written by Jens Beckert and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 795 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dealing with the multiple and complex relations between economy and society, this encyclopedia focuses on the impact of social, political, and cultural factors on economic behaviour. It is useful for students and researchers in sociology, economics, political science, and also business, organization, and management studies.

Economics and Sociology

Author : Richard Swedberg
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691003769
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Economics and Sociology written by Richard Swedberg and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1990-02-14 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The boundary between economics and sociology is presently being redefined--but how, why, and by whom? Richard Swedberg answers these questions in this thought-provoking book of conversations with well-known economists and sociologists. Among the economists interviewed are Gary Becker, Amartya Sen, Kenneth Arrow, and Albert O. Hirschman; the sociologists include Daniel Bell, Harrison White, James Coleman, and Mark Granovetter. The picture that emerges is that economists and sociologists have paid little attention to each other during most of the twentieth century: social problems have been analyzed as if they had no economic dimension and economic problems as if they had no social dimension. Today, however, there is a dialogue between the two fields, as economists take on social topics and as sociologists become interested in rational choice and "new economic sociology." The interviewees describe how they came to challenge the present separation between economics and sociology, what they think of the various proposals to integrate the fields, and how they envision the future. The author summarizes the results of the conversations in the final chapter. The individual interviews also serve as superb introductions to the work of these scholars.

Knowledge and Democracy

Author : Nico Stehr
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351509977
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Knowledge and Democracy written by Nico Stehr and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship of knowledge and liberties in modern societies presents a multitude of fascinating issues that deserve to be explored more systematically. The production of knowledge is dynamic, and the conditions and practice of freedom is undergoing transformation. These changes ensure that the linkages between liberty and knowledge are always subject to changes. In the past, the connection between scientific knowledge, democracy, and emancipation seemed self-evident. More recently, the close linkage between democracy and knowledge has been viewed with skepticism. This volume explores the relationship between knowledge and democracy, Do they support each other, do they mutually depend on each other, or are they perhaps even in conflict with each other? Does knowledge increase the freedom to act? If additional knowledge contributes to individual and social well being, does it also enhance freedoms? Knowledge and Democracy focuses on the interpenetration of knowledge, freedom and democracy, and does so from various perspectives, theoretical as well as practical. Modern societies are transforming themselves into knowledge societies. This has a fundamental impact on political systems and the relationship of citizens to large social institutions. The contributors to this book systemically explore whether, and in what ways, these modern-day changes and developments are connected to expansion of the capacities of individual citizens to act. They focus on the interrelation of democracy and knowledge, and the role of democratic institutions, as well as on the knowledge and social conduct of actors within democratic institutions. In the process of investigation, they arrive at a new platform for future research and theory, one that is sensitive to present-day societal conflicts, cleavages, and transformations generated by new knowledge. In this way, this volume will attract the interest of political scientists, sociologists, economists and students within various disciplines.

Market and Community

Author : Mark Irving Lichbach
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271038845
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Market and Community written by Mark Irving Lichbach and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social order results from a complex interaction of individual actions, institutional structures, and cultural norms. But just how do they relate to one another, and is any one factor predominant? The answers that social science has provided reflect the competing paradigms of the rationalist, structuralist, and culturalist approaches. In this innovative book, two prominent social scientists coming from competing research traditions attempt to chart a course between them, drawing on their respective strengths to present a new model based on a classificatory scheme of market/community/contract/hierarchy. The discussion, which includes a closing dialogue between the authors, covers both methodological and empirical issues, with a review of classic theories of revolution and an analysis of the process of relegitimation following the French Revolution and the Dutch Revolt against the Hapsburgs.

Modernizing Democracy

Author : Matthias Freise
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 149390485X
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (939 download)

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Download or read book Modernizing Democracy written by Matthias Freise and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modernizing Democracy brings together scholars focusing the role of associations and associating in contemporary societies. Organizations and associations have been identified as the “meso level of society” and as the “basic elements of democracy”. They are important providers of welfare services and play an important role between the individual and political spheres. In recent years the environment of associations and associating has changed dramatically. Individualization, commercialization and globalization are challenging both democracy and the capability of associations to fulfill the functions attributed to them by social sciences. This change provides the central question of the volume: Is being part of an organization or association becoming an outdated model? And do associations still have the capacity of modernizing societies or are they just outdated remnants of post-democracy? The contributions to Modernizing Democracy will be organized into: Studying Association and Associating in the 21st Century, Associating in Times of Post-Democracy and Associations and the Challenge of Capitalist Development. The book will be attractive to third sector researchers as well as a broader academic community of political scientists, sociologists, economists, legal scientists and related disciplines.

Perspectives on Public Choice

Author : Dennis C. Mueller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521556545
Total Pages : 692 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (565 download)

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Download or read book Perspectives on Public Choice written by Dennis C. Mueller and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This five-part volume surveys the main ideas and contributions to the field of public choice.

The Shaping of Socio-Economic Systems (RLE Social Theory)

Author : Thomas Baumgartner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317651146
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book The Shaping of Socio-Economic Systems (RLE Social Theory) written by Thomas Baumgartner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Actor-systems dynamics is an innovative, multidisciplinary methodology for investigating and analyzing social struggles over economic resources and the related interplay between economic and socio-political institutions and processes. The authors, sociologists and economists, offer a systemic perspective on contemporary socio-economic issues such as economic crisis, unemployment, inflation, economic democracy and development; in their analyses, they identify several of the key factors that drive people to interact, to initiate change and transformation as well as to resist such change. Major underlying themes in the book are: Conflict over the distribution of economic resources and economic policies and institutions; the structural bases of economic inequality and conflict; the shaping and reshaping of socio-economic institutions, and the contradictions, conflicts and instabilities evoked by such developments; the failure of orthodox economic theories, including Keynesianism, in the face of recurrent economic crises and instabilities; the development and application of an open, dynamic actor-oriented systems theory – grounded in the social sciences – addressing complex socio-economic phenomena in ways diverging substantially from conventional economics. All in all, the papers collected here deal, on the one hand, with social power, conflict, and struggle concerning economic resources and institutions and, on the other hand, the structural and other factors which drive powering initiatives, conflict, and social innovation and transformation. The book is addressed to a broad spectrum of social and managerial scientists concerned with socio-economic issues, institutions, and development.

Joseph A. Schumpeter

Author : Richard Swedberg
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691222142
Total Pages : 503 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book Joseph A. Schumpeter written by Richard Swedberg and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The renowned economist Joseph A. Schumpeter (1883-1950) made seminal contributions not only to economic theory but also to sociology and economic history. His work is now attracting wide attention among sociologists, as well as experiencing a remarkable revival among economists. This anthology, which serves as an excellent introduction to Schumpeter, emphasizes his broad socio-economic vision and his attempt to analyze economic reality from several different perspectives. An ambitious introductory essay by Richard Swedberg uses many new sources to enhance our understanding of Schumpeter's life and work and to help analyze his fascinating character. This essay stresses Schumpeter's ability to draw on several social sciences in his study of capitalism. Some of the articles in the anthology are published for the first time. The most important of these are Schumpeter's Lowell Lectures from 1941, "An Economic Interpretation of Our Time." Also included is the transcript of his lecture "Can Capitalism Survive?" (1936) and the high-spirited debate that followed. The anthology contains many of Schumpeter's classical sociological articles, such as his essays on the tax state, imperialism, and social classes. And, finally, there are lesser known articles on the future of private enterprise, on the concept of rationality in the social sciences, and on the work of Max Weber, with whom Schumpeter collaborated on several occasions.

The Economics and Sociology of Capitalism

Author : Joseph A. Schumpeter
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780691003832
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book The Economics and Sociology of Capitalism written by Joseph A. Schumpeter and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1991-01-21 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph Schumpeter remains a highly enigmatic theorist in the history of modern economics. His contributions, however, sought unity among theoretical economics, economic sociology, history, and statistics during a time when emphasis on such matters has been decidedly losing ground within the academic profession on both sides of the Atlantic. This anthology is a timely response to the reigning orthodoxy, expecially in view of renewed interest in political economy since the 1970s. It is a superb collection of Schumpeter's essays, some of which are printed in their entirety for the first time, such as "An Economic Interpretation of Our Time," an unpublished essay which was delivered as a Lowell Lecture in 1941. The informative introduction covers the intellectual as well as personal dimensions of Schumpeter, both during his formative European period and in his fully developed but somewhat unhappy American years. ISBN 0-691-04253-5: $50.00.

The New Economic Sociology

Author : Frank Dobbin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691049068
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The New Economic Sociology written by Frank Dobbin and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2004-07-26 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dobbin presents twenty classic, representative articles in the field of economic sociology and organizes them according to four themes. He thus introduces the field and its history to students and establishes a schema for interpreting the field based on what it hopes to achieve.

Social Structures of Direct Democracy

Author : John Asimakopoulos
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900426275X
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Social Structures of Direct Democracy written by John Asimakopoulos and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-06-26 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Social Structures of Direct Democracy John Asimakopoulos develops a political economy of structural equality making strong empirical arguments for radical transformation toward direct democracy by filling positions of political and economic authority with randomly selected citizens.

Social Democracy and Population

Author : Alvan Alonzo Tenney
Publisher : New York : Columbia University Press, Macmillan Company, agents ; London : P.S. King
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Social Democracy and Population written by Alvan Alonzo Tenney and published by New York : Columbia University Press, Macmillan Company, agents ; London : P.S. King. This book was released on 1907 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the biological aspects of population movements to bring them into relationship with other factors of social dynamics.

Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy

Author : Daron Acemoglu
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521855266
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (552 download)

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Download or read book Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy written by Daron Acemoglu and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book develops a framework for analyzing the creation and consolidation of democracy. Different social groups prefer different political institutions because of the way they allocate political power and resources. Thus democracy is preferred by the majority of citizens, but opposed by elites. Dictatorship nevertheless is not stable when citizens can threaten social disorder and revolution. In response, when the costs of repression are sufficiently high and promises of concessions are not credible, elites may be forced to create democracy. By democratizing, elites credibly transfer political power to the citizens, ensuring social stability. Democracy consolidates when elites do not have strong incentive to overthrow it. These processes depend on (1) the strength of civil society, (2) the structure of political institutions, (3) the nature of political and economic crises, (4) the level of economic inequality, (5) the structure of the economy, and (6) the form and extent of globalization.

Citizenship and Capitalism (RLE Social Theory)

Author : Bryan S. Turner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317652444
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Book Synopsis Citizenship and Capitalism (RLE Social Theory) by : Bryan S. Turner

Download or read book Citizenship and Capitalism (RLE Social Theory) written by Bryan S. Turner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-21 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study of politics in capitalist society Bryan Turner explores the development of citizenship as a way of demonstrating the effective use of political institutions by the working class and other subordinate groups to promote their interests. Marxist criticisms of reformism are rejected; it is shown that subordinate groups can achieve significant advances in social and economic rights, and that democracy is not a sham but a necessary mechanism for the pursuit of interests.