A Civil Economy

Author : Luigino Bruni,Stefano Zamagni
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business ethics
ISBN : 3039108964

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Civil Economy by Luigino Bruni,Stefano Zamagni Pdf

This volume has a double purpose. First of all, it follows an Italian tradition of thought that began in the 15th and 16th centuries as Civic Humanism and continued up until the golden period of Italian Enlightenment as represented by the Schools of Milan and Naples. Its main contribution to the history of economic thought is its conception of the market as a place centered on the principle of reciprocity and civil virtues. This book explains why the civil approach to economics disappeared from cultural debates, scientific enquiries and the public arena at the end of the 18th century, only to surface again in more recent times. Secondly, the book draws attention to a new reading of the whole of economic reality. Indeed, the civil economy in one sense is mainly a cultural perspective from which it is possible to interpret the entire economic discourse. If a theory is considered as substantially a point of view on reality, then this cultural perspective can also set the basis for a diverse economic theory. Where does the key element of such diversity lie? It lies in the attempt to integrate within the economic system the three basic principles of any social order: the principle of exchange of equivalents, the principle of redistribution and the principle of reciprocity. Though this book draws on the history of economic ideas, it focuses on the present day from an ancient perspective in order to find convincing answers to the new questions arising in the era of globalization.

Author : Luigino Bruni,Stefano Zamagni
Publisher : Agenda Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Business ethics
ISBN : 1911116010

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Civil Economy by Luigino Bruni,Stefano Zamagni Pdf

Luigino Bruni and Stefano Zamagni, advocate for a civil economy, which places well-being, virtue, and the common good alongside more familiar economic goals. This book explores the civil economy approach's origins and development, examines its pioneers and main representatives, and explains the many different fields of application.

Author : Severyn T. Bruyn
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780472023714

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A Civil Economy by Severyn T. Bruyn Pdf

A civil society is one in which a democratic government and a market economy operate together. The idea of the civil economy--encompassing a democratic government and a market economy--presumes that people can solve social problems within the market itself. This book explores the relationship between the two, examining the civil underpinnings of capitalism and investigating the way a civil economy evolves in history and is developed for the future by careful planning. Severyn T. Bruyn describes how people in three sectors--government, business, and the Third Sector (nonprofits and civil groups)--can develop an accountable, self-regulating, profitable, humane, and competitive system of markets that could be described as a civil economy. He examines how government officials can organize markets to reduce government costs; how local leaders deal with global corporations that would unfairly exploit their community resources; and how employees can become coparticipants in the development of human values in markets. A Civil Economy is oriented to interdiciplinary studies of the economy, assisting scholars in diverse fields, such as business management, sociology, political science, and economics, in developing a common language to examine civic problems in the marketplace. As an undergraduate text, it evokes a mode of thought about the development of a self-accountable system of markets. Students learn to understand how the market economy becomes socially accountable and self-reliant, while remaining productive, competitive, and profitable. Sveryn T. Bruyn is Professor of Sociology, Boston College.

Author : Paolo Santori
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-09
Category : Capitalism
ISBN : 0367776375

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Thomas Aquinas and the Civil Economy Tradition by Paolo Santori Pdf

This thought-provoking monograph connects the idea of civil economy in Italian economic thought to the work of Thomas Aquinas. It will be of interest to advanced students and researchers in the history of economic thought, economic philosophy, Christian ethics and moral theology.

Author : Barbera, Filippo,Jones, Ian
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447353393

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The Foundational Economy and Citizenship by Barbera, Filippo,Jones, Ian Pdf

The principles of the modern foundational economy and its role in renewing citizenship and informing public policy are explored for the first time in this instructive collection. Challenging mainstream social and economic thinking, it shows how foundational economy experiments at different scales can foster radical social innovation through collective, rather than private, consumption. An interdisciplinary group of respected European academics provide case studies of initiatives and interventions around policy cornerstones including housing, food supply and water and waste management. They build a judicious evidence base of the growing relevance of foundational economic thinking and its potential to provide a new political and social outlook on civil society and social justice.

Author : Schäfer, Hans-Bernd,Ott, Claus
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780857935076

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The Economic Analysis of Civil Law by Schäfer, Hans-Bernd,Ott, Claus Pdf

This comprehensive textbook provides a thorough guide to the economic analysis of law, with a particular focus on civil law systems. It encapsulates a structured analysis and nuanced evaluation of norms and legal policies, using the tools of economic theory.

Author : Philip Oxhorn
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780271056616

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Sustaining Civil Society by Philip Oxhorn Pdf

“South America is not the poorest continent in the world, but it may very well be the most unjust.” This statement by Ricardo Lagos, then president of Chile, at the Summit of the Americas in January 2004 captures nicely the dilemma that faces Latin American countries in the wake of the transition to democracy that swept across the continent in the last two decades of the twentieth century. While political rights are now available to citizens at unprecedented levels, social and economic rights lag far behind, and the fledgling democracies struggle with long legacies of poverty, inequality, and corruption. Key to understanding what is happening in Latin America today is the relationship between the state and civil society. In this ambitious book, Philip Oxhorn sets forth a theory of civil society adequate for explaining current developments in a way that such controversial neoconservative theories as Francis Fukuyama’s liberal triumphalism or Samuel Huntington’s “clash of civilizations” cannot. Inspired by the rich political sociology of an earlier era and the classic work of T. H. Marshall on citizenship, Oxhorn studies the process by which social groups are incorporated, or not, into national socioeconomic and political development through an approach that focuses on the “social construction of citizenship.”

Author : Simon Zadek
Publisher : Earthscan
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849773898

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The Civil Corporation by Simon Zadek Pdf

Arguing that corporate citizensip emerges from the New Economy dynamics, the author explores how far business can and should improve their social and environmental performance, and relates it to learning, knowledge and innovation. The book sets out the practical issues for business, including goal and boundary setting, measurement, dialogue and how to build trust.Winner of the 2006 SIM Book Award.

Author : Luigino Bruni
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2006-04-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134340514

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Civil Happiness by Luigino Bruni Pdf

Economists have long laboured under the misapprehension that all humans exist as rational beings that find happiness in maximizing their personal utility. This impressive volume presents an historical review of the evolution of economic thought, from economic philosophy to contemporary mathematical economics, and its critique of how the human and social dimensions of economics have been lost in this evolutionary process. Examining the crucial period in the late eighteenth century when economists such Smith and Genovesi tried to reconcile the classical tradition of Civil humanism emerging commercial society, this key book analyses the impact that the hedonist approach to economics had in removing the ethical conception of happiness. In addition, it focuses on the impact that J.S. Mill, Wicksteed and Pareto had in shifting methodological thinking away from an emphasis on civil happiness. Simply put, this book is essential reading for economists everywhere.

Author : Geoffrey Brennan,Philip Pettit
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199246489

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The Economy of Esteem by Geoffrey Brennan,Philip Pettit Pdf

The authors contend that people care about others' opinions of them and that the actions they take to raise the esteem they enjoy produce social patterns.

Author : Naomi R. Lamoreaux,John Joseph Wallis
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780226426365

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Organizations, Civil Society, and the Roots of Development by Naomi R. Lamoreaux,John Joseph Wallis Pdf

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Author : Stephen C. Yeazell
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780226546421

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Lawsuits in a Market Economy by Stephen C. Yeazell Pdf

Some describe civil litigation as little more than a drag on the economy; Others hail it as the solution to most of the country’s problems. Stephen C. Yeazell argues that both positions are wrong. Deeply embedded in our political and economic systems, civil litigation is both a system for resolving disputes and a successful business model, a fact that both its opponents and its fans do their best to conceal. Lawsuits in a Market Economy explains how contemporary civil litigation in the United States works and how it has changed over the past century. The book corrects common misconceptions—some of which have proved remarkably durable even in the face of contrary evidence—and explores how our constitutional structure, an evolving economy, and developments in procedural rules and litigation financing systems have moved us from expecting that lawsuits end in trial and judgments to expecting that they will end in settlements. Yeazell argues that today’s system has in some ways overcome—albeit inconsistently—disparities between the rich and poor in access to civil justice. Once upon a time, might regularly triumphed over right. That is slightly less likely today—even though we continue to witness enormous disparities in wealth and power. The book concludes with an evaluation of recent changes and their possible consequences.

Author : Gary Brent Madison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Civil society
ISBN : OCLC:1289423472

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The Political Economy of Civil Society and Human Rights by Gary Brent Madison Pdf

Author : Toshio Yamada
Publisher : Springer
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811305177

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Contemporary Capitalism and Civil Society by Toshio Yamada Pdf

This book is devoted to analyzing contemporary capitalism both in Japan and in the world economy by using the theoretical framework of the French régulation theory and by revisiting the theory of civil society in postwar Japan. The Japanese theory of civil society proposed unique thinking about “freedom and equality” and “human rights” in the postwar era but could not help to come up with effective concepts for an economic analysis of that capitalism of the period. On the other hand, the régulation theory born in the 1970s is well known by its definition of postwar capitalism as Fordism, based on the elaboration of a new conceptual framework, but it soon proved unable to directly explain Japan’s experience by that central concept of Fordism. Inspired by consideration of Japanese civil society and also by the regulationist framework, the author has forged new analytical concepts such as “companyism” to understand Japanese capitalism including the recent “lost decades”, and he elaborates more carefully the concepts of “growth regime” and “institutional change” to grasp the dynamics of the world economy including today’s neoliberal trend. The original benefits of the book consist in 1) reviving a Japanese theory of civil society in the postwar period, 2) applying the régulation theory to the analysis of contemporary Japan, and 3) offering theoretical reflections on the conception of the world economy. Consequently, the author pays special attention to the relationship between the political and the economic as well as regulationist tools and the theory of civil society’s perspective. The principal message of the book is that capitalism or the market economy must be supported by a sound civil society.

Author : Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi
Publisher : Business Expert Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781606495858

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The Economics of Civil and Common Law by Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi Pdf

Law is supposed to encourage innovation, morality, and conformity with societal expectations, yet it may provides perverse incentives causing individuals, or even the State, to act in discordant, inefficient, and even immoral ways. This book will explore the inefficiencies that are created that serve to deny individuals work and shelter in a haphazard and capricious manner. The author examines property rights, including eminent domain, that lets the State take property away with seemingly arbitrary compensation to the owner. Individuals must understand both civil law, codified by statutes, and common law, enshrined in precedential judicial decisions. This book is written for economists and non-economists and has an extensive glossary of economic, political and legal terms. Two items that are not formally treated in other economics of law textbooks are the legal organization of businesses and tax law from an economics perspective.