Consequences Of Social Transformation For Economic Theory

Author : Vikas Kumar,Evgeny Kuzmin,Wei-Bin Zhang,Yuliya Lavrikova
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-04-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783031277856

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Consequences of Social Transformation for Economic Theory by Vikas Kumar,Evgeny Kuzmin,Wei-Bin Zhang,Yuliya Lavrikova Pdf

This book presents selected papers of the Euro-Asian Symposium on Economic Theory, held by the Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Ekaterinburg, Russia) on June 29-30, 2022. The conference aims to promote research and develop effective solutions to urgent challenges in economic theory in the context of stability and uncertainty. The main theme of the 2022 Conference is the "Viability of Economic Theories". The chaos of the modern world forces us to rethink many theoretical positions. Researchers are trying to overcome the contradictions between theory and empiricism through new models, mechanisms and approaches. The challenges of recent social change have led to an adjustment in the perception, interpretation, and use of many concepts, necessitating an updating of these terms. The problems and contradictions identified in the studies will help to reconcile theoretical approaches with practice. The volume covers topics such as sustainable development issues, economic shocks in the history of economic thought, modern economic concepts of identity, theory of organizations under uncertainty, review of economic theories with the "Corona crisis," models of consumer behavior, business cycles, theory of investment, issues of economic growth and market equilibrium, impact of social factors on the sustainability of the economy, etc. Moveover, the volume presents new solutions for the synthesis of mainstream and political economy ideas. These topics will be of great interest to academics, researchers and practitioners.

Author : Hasse Ekstedt,Angelo Fusari
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136948824

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Economic Theory and Social Change by Hasse Ekstedt,Angelo Fusari Pdf

This book is a discourse on modelling Man in a social context. Its focus is on economic main-stream theory in its capacity to handle basic problems such as uncertainty, social dynamics and ethics. The point of departure is a systematic critique of the specific methodology of economics and its axiomatic structure. The ultimate aim is to develop an economic theory for a socially sustainable society. Economic Theory and Social Change analyses the foundation of economic market theory in relation to its social implications. On rejecting the axiomatic structure of the market theory Hasse Ekstedt and Angelo Fusari analyse the concept of growth and uncertainty with respect to a more realistic modelling of man, The book also addresses central political problems and their potential solutions, including permanent unemployment, distribution of income, the interaction of real and financial growth, money and the credit system. In seeking objective values to help to obtain a socially sustainable society, the book traces a tentative revision of economic and social thought based on a deepening of some crucial features of modern economies and societies. These features include innovation, the connected flows of uncertainty, entrepreneurship, and their role in fuelling and characterizing economic growth and development. This book will be of interest to postgraduate students and researchers of Economics, particularly to those focussing on Economic Theory and Political Economy.

Author : Maurie J Cohen,Halina Szejnwald Brown,Philip J Vergragt
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317246213

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Social Change and the Coming of Post-consumer Society by Maurie J Cohen,Halina Szejnwald Brown,Philip J Vergragt Pdf

Consumer society is an unquestionably complex social construct. However, after decades of unremitting dominance there are signs emerging that it is starting to falter, both as a coherent and durable system of social organization and as a strategy for societal advancement. Debates concerning how we can transition beyond present energy- and materials-intensive consumer society are beginning to gain greater salience. Social Change and the Coming of Post-Consumer Society aims to develop more complete appreciation of the relevant processes of social change and to identify effective interventions that could enable a transition to supersede consumer society. Bringing together leading interdisciplinary experts on social change, the book identifies and analyzes several ongoing small- and modest-scale social experiments. Possibilities for macro-scale change from the interlinked perspectives of culture, economics, finance, and governance are then explored. These contributions expose the systemic problems that are emblematic of the current condition of consumer society, specifically the unsustainability of prevailing consumption practices and lifestyles and the persistence of inequalities. These observations are summarized and extended in the final chapter of the book. This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of sustainable consumption, sustainability transitions, environmental sociology, and sustainable development.

Author : John Girling
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136921353

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Capital and Power (Routledge Revivals) by John Girling Pdf

First published in 1987, this book comprises a critical evaluation of Marxist, Gramscian and pluralist theories of social development; the application of these theories, chiefly to Third World countries: hence consideration of the problems of ‘specificity’, general theory and social change. This is followed by an assessment of the stages of economic development in relation to state power and politics; and the role of the ‘external’: the impact of the world market economy and the security imperative. The book is not a discussion of theory, but of theory-in-practice. Above all, it represents a continuing debate between Marxism and pluralism – on the themes of accumulation, power, legitimacy – resulting in convergence.

Author : David Jaffee
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1998-07-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780313371998

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Levels of Socio-economic Development Theory by David Jaffee Pdf

Advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and social scientists interested in a wide-ranging but concise review of contemporary theories of social and economic development will find this second edition invaluable. The coverage spans the disciplines of sociology, psychology, economics, political science, political economy, geography, and management. The theories are organized by level of analysis—individual, organizational, societal, and international—to provide the reader with a larger organizational scheme in which to understand the theoretical explanations and arguments and to emphasize the importance of developing linkages among the different levels. Some of the new topics discussed include: globalization, transnational organizational structures, debt, the transition from socialism to capitalism and human development.

Author : J. Timmons Roberts,Amy Bellone Hite
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2000-01-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0631210970

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From Modernization to Globalization by J. Timmons Roberts,Amy Bellone Hite Pdf

From Modernization to Globalization is a reference for scholars, students and development practitioners on the issues of processes of social change and development in the "Third World". It provides carefully excerpted samples from both classic and up-to-date writings in the development literature, short, insightful introductions to each section and a general introduction.

Author : Alvin Y. So
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1990-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0803935471

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Social Change and Development by Alvin Y. So Pdf

During the past four decades, the field of development has been dominated by three schools of research. The 1950s saw the modernization school, the 1960s experienced the dependency school, the 1970s developed the new world-system school, and the 1980s is a convergence of all three schools. Alvin Y. So examines the dynamic nature of these schools of development--what each of them represents, their contributions, how they have criticized each other, how they have defended themselves, and how they were transformed. He reviews a variety of empirical studies, focusing on the "classical" and the "new" models, to show how each of the perspectives affects the study of development. In addition, this book features a unique emphasis on the research implications of the three perspectives, involving changes in orientation, agenda, methodology, and findings.

Author : Yiorgos Stathakis,Gianni Vaggi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2006-05-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134313075

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Economic Development and Social Change by Yiorgos Stathakis,Gianni Vaggi Pdf

Some of the greatest thinkers in the history of economic thought have been instrumental in advancing the study of development economics. In this volume, leading scholars are brought together to illuminate this tradition, with particular emphasis on the question of growth and development. Divided into two parts, this collection offers a blend of papers of history of economic thought and development economics, and suggests that classical political economy - that strand of thought which goes from Physiocracy to Smith and to Ricardo and Marx - has a precise vision and indeed a precise model of long term development. This book: examines the influence that has been exerted by both pre-classical and classical thought on modern day development economics provides a synthetic analysis of the classical vision of growth and development from the mercantilist era to physiocracy examines Adam Smith’s contribution to growth theory explores Marxian thinking and ideas, and the political developments that gave rise to state functions in post-war theory. Including contributions by well known authors such as Eltis, Murphy and Kurz, this significant volume by one of the premier historians of economic thought will be a valuable resource for postgraduates and professionals in the fields of economic history and political economy.

Author : Steven Vago
Publisher : Holt McDougal
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Social change
ISBN : PSU:000005506088

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Social Change by Steven Vago Pdf

Appropriate for courses in Social Change, the Fourth Edition provides a clear and timely analysis of the major theoretical perspectives, sources, processes, patterns and consequences of social change.

Author : Bert Frank Hoselitz
Publisher : Glencoe,III., Free Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Economic development
ISBN : UOM:39015006467016

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Sociological Aspects of Economic Growth by Bert Frank Hoselitz Pdf

Compilation of articles on the sociological aspects of economic development - covers economic theory of economic growth, the effects of industrialization on the social structure through demographic aspects and social change, the influence of entrepreneurship, the role of urbanization in developing countries (with particular reference to Asia). References at the end of chapters, and statistical tables.

Author : John Clark
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351497046

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Preface to Social Economics by John Clark Pdf

Economics both describes the way economic forces work and studies the effi ciency, or ineffi ciency, that results. These two aspects of economics have probably never been wholly separated, and it is debatable how far it is possible or desirable to separate them. The question will ultimately be answered by evaluating these different theoretical methods in terms of the results they deliver. The theory of economic effi ciency uniquely incorporates problem of ideals of good conduct and welfare; in short, of morals and ethics. Preface to Social Economics presents thumbnail sketches describing the growth of our awareness of social problems over the past century. Beginning in the nineteenth century, the sciences, both natural and social, made us aware of many factors governing our behavior. With the discovery of controllable external social causes, the responsibility for problems (and change) shifted from the individual to the group. Studies of industrial accidents are an example. When it was learned that the number of injuries per hour increases with the length of the working day and with the absence of mechanical safeguards, it led to a demand for shorter hours, safety laws, and compulsory accident insurance. Similarly, as we begin to understand the connection between the rate of interest with booms in building, unemployment ceases to be a matter of individual responsibility and becomes a problem for business and society. This classic book, initially published in 1936, illumines a growing knowledge of controllable causes of social evils. John Maurice Clark was a long-time professor of economics at Columbia University. The editors of this volume Moses Abramovitz and Eli Ginzberg were both students of Clark, and prepared this volume under his direct supervision.

Author : Hermann Strasser
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1981-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0710007892

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An Introduction to Theories of Social Change by Hermann Strasser Pdf

Author : Murray Milgate,Shannon C. Stimson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780691152349

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After Adam Smith by Murray Milgate,Shannon C. Stimson Pdf

'After Adam Smith' looks at how politics & political economy were articulated & altered in the century following the publication of Smith's 'Wealth of Nations'.

Author : Douglass C. North
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1990-10-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139642965

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Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance by Douglass C. North Pdf

Continuing his groundbreaking analysis of economic structures, Douglass North develops an analytical framework for explaining the ways in which institutions and institutional change affect the performance of economies, both at a given time and over time. Institutions exist, he argues, due to the uncertainties involved in human interaction; they are the constraints devised to structure that interaction. Yet, institutions vary widely in their consequences for economic performance; some economies develop institutions that produce growth and development, while others develop institutions that produce stagnation. North first explores the nature of institutions and explains the role of transaction and production costs in their development. The second part of the book deals with institutional change. Institutions create the incentive structure in an economy, and organisations will be created to take advantage of the opportunities provided within a given institutional framework. North argues that the kinds of skills and knowledge fostered by the structure of an economy will shape the direction of change and gradually alter the institutional framework. He then explains how institutional development may lead to a path-dependent pattern of development. In the final part of the book, North explains the implications of this analysis for economic theory and economic history. He indicates how institutional analysis must be incorporated into neo-classical theory and explores the potential for the construction of a dynamic theory of long-term economic change. Douglass C. North is Director of the Center of Political Economy and Professor of Economics and History at Washington University in St. Louis. He is a past president of the Economic History Association and Western Economics Association and a Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has written over sixty articles for a variety of journals and is the author of The Rise of the Western World: A New Economic History (CUP, 1973, with R.P. Thomas) and Structure and Change in Economic History (Norton, 1981). Professor North is included in Great Economists Since Keynes edited by M. Blaug (CUP, 1988 paperback ed.)

Author : Richard R. Nelson,Sidney G. Winter
Publisher : Belknap Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1982-08-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105001916449

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An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change by Richard R. Nelson,Sidney G. Winter Pdf

This book contains the most sustained and serious attack on mainstream, neoclassical economics in more than forty years. Richard R. Nelson and Sidney G. Winter focus their critique on the basic question of how firms and industries change overtime. They marshal significant objections to the fundamental neoclassical assumptions of profit maximization and market equilibrium, which they find ineffective in the analysis of technological innovation and the dynamics of competition among firms. To replace these assumptions, they borrow from biology the concept of natural selection to construct a precise and detailed evolutionary theory of business behavior. They grant that films are motivated by profit and engage in search for ways of improving profits, but they do not consider them to be profit maximizing. Likewise, they emphasize the tendency for the more profitable firms to drive the less profitable ones out of business, but they do not focus their analysis on hypothetical states of industry equilibrium. The results of their new paradigm and analytical framework are impressive. Not only have they been able to develop more coherent and powerful models of competitive firm dynamics under conditions of growth and technological change, but their approach is compatible with findings in psychology and other social sciences. Finally, their work has important implications for welfare economics and for government policy toward industry.