Toward A General Theory Of Exchange

Author : Javaid R. Khwaja
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 595 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781475997385

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Toward a General Theory of Exchange by Javaid R. Khwaja Pdf

The new economy, under the impetus of the ever-widening outreach of the Internet, is undergoing a transition. In the meantime, there's also been a shift to the information paradigm, with its emphasis on lack of foresight. These processes have almost completely supplanted the concept of market that was once one of the most cardinal features of conventional economic theory. In Toward a General Theory of Exchange: Strategic Decisions and Complexity, author Dr. Javaid R. Khwaja traces the slow melting of the market, the most ubiquitous contraption and the summum bonum of economic science, as an organized manifestation of complexity, with its wide-ranging impact on the flow of funds. Using the historical background of economic theories, this study blends the interdisciplinary range and fills the vacuum that has existed among current conventional economic theory, the theory of strategic decision making, actor-network theory, the domain of law and economics, and the science of complexity. An observer of economic development for several decades, Khwaja shows the relationship between technology and economics and how it affects social exchanges and trends.

Author : John Maynard Keynes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Economics
ISBN : LCCN:48031064

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The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money by John Maynard Keynes Pdf

Author : Bruno H. Solnik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105037353112

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European Capital Markets: Towards a General Theory of International Investment by Bruno H. Solnik Pdf

Author : John Maynard Keynes
Publisher : Springer
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319703442

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The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money by John Maynard Keynes Pdf

This book was originally published by Macmillan in 1936. It was voted the top Academic Book that Shaped Modern Britain by Academic Book Week (UK) in 2017, and in 2011 was placed on Time Magazine's top 100 non-fiction books written in English since 1923. Reissued with a fresh Introduction by the Nobel-prize winner Paul Krugman and a new Afterword by Keynes’ biographer Robert Skidelsky, this important work is made available to a new generation. The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money transformed economics and changed the face of modern macroeconomics. Keynes’ argument is based on the idea that the level of employment is not determined by the price of labour, but by the spending of money. It gave way to an entirely new approach where employment, inflation and the market economy are concerned. Highly provocative at its time of publication, this book and Keynes’ theories continue to remain the subject of much support and praise, criticism and debate. Economists at any stage in their career will enjoy revisiting this treatise and observing the relevance of Keynes’ work in today’s contemporary climate.

Author : Hubert M. Blalock, Jr.
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1989-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0803935951

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Power and Conflict by Hubert M. Blalock, Jr. Pdf

In Power and Conflict the author defines social conflict as the `international mutual exchange of negative sanctions, or punitive behaviors, by two or more parties, which may be individuals, corporate actors, or more loosely knit quasi-groups.' In building this general theory, Blalock discusses the generalities of a power framework, analyzes the ideology of conflict, defines the reactive and dynamic processes, and summarizes the various arguments by creating a general model of conflict.

Author : Mark Cook,Glenn Wilson
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483279725

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Love and Attraction by Mark Cook,Glenn Wilson Pdf

Love and Attraction is a collection of papers presented at the International Conference on Love and Attraction. This book is organized into 12 parts encompassing 78 chapters that cover various aspects of the subjects, including friendship, intimacy, and sexuality. The introductory parts deal with the psychological aspects of physical attractiveness, non-verbal intimacy, attraction, and friendship. The subsequent parts examine the geographical difference in mate selection, marital relations, and romantic love. These chapters also look into the structural features of personality, behavior, and romantic love. These topics are followed by discussions of exchange theory applications to love and attraction; the social psychology of human sexuality; relationship between sexual behavior and society; and sex therapy. The final parts are devoted to other sex related topics, including sex therapy, erotica, arousal, child sexuality, and pedophilia. This book will prove useful to psychologists, sociologists, psychiatrists, counselors, and other academic and clinical workers.

Author : Peter Blau
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351521208

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Exchange and Power in Social Life by Peter Blau Pdf

In his landmark study of exchange and power in social life, Peter M. Blau contributes to an understanding of social structure by analyzing the social processes that govern the relations between individuals and groups. The basic question that Blau considers is: How does social life become organized into increasingly complex structures of associations among humans.This analysis, first published in 1964, represents a pioneering contribution to the sociological literature. Blau uses concepts of exchange, reciprocity, imbalance, and power to examine social life and to derive the more complex processes in social structure from the simpler ones. The principles of reciprocity and imbalance are used to derive such processes as power, changes in group structure; and the two major forces that govern the dynamics of complex social structures: the legitimization of organizing authority of increasing scope and the emergence of oppositions along different lines producing conflict and change.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1984-12-19
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0080567312

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Advances in Experimental Social Psychology by Anonim Pdf

Advances in Experimental Social Psychology

Author : Elina Tochilnikova
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000191707

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Towards a General Theory of Boredom by Elina Tochilnikova Pdf

Through comparative historical research, this book offers a novel theory explaining the emergence of boredom in modernity. Presenting a Durkheimian topology of cross-cultural boredom, it grounds the sociological cause of boredom in anomie and the perception of time, compares its development through case studies in Anglo and Russian society, and explains its minimal presence outside of the West. By way of illustrative examples, it includes archetypes of boredom in literature, art, film, and music, with a focus on the death of traditional art, and boredom in politics, including strategies enacted by Queer intellectuals. The author argues that boredom often results from the absence of a strong commitment to engaging with society, and extends Durkheim’s theory of suicide to boredom in order to consider whether an imbalance between social regulation and integration results in boredom. The first book to scientifically explain the historical emergence and epidemic of boredom while engaging with cutting edge political debates, Towards a General Theory of Boredom will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in social theory, social psychology, and sociology.

Author : Neil Fligstein,Doug McAdam
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780190241452

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A Theory of Fields by Neil Fligstein,Doug McAdam Pdf

Finding ways to understand the nature of social change and social order-from political movements to market meltdowns-is one of the enduring problems of social science. A Theory of Fields draws together far-ranging insights from social movement theory, organizational theory, and economic and political sociology to construct a general theory of social organization and strategic action. In a work of remarkable synthesis, imagination, and analysis, Neil Fligstein and Doug McAdam propose that social change and social order can be understood through what they call strategic action fields. They posit that these fields are the general building blocks of political and economic life, civil society, and the state, and the fundamental form of order in our world today. Similar to Russian dolls, they are nested and connected in a broader environment of almost countless proximate and overlapping fields. Fields are mutually dependent; change in one often triggers change in another. At the core of the theory is an account of how social actors fashion and maintain order in a given field. This sociological theory of action, what they call "social skill," helps explain what individuals do in strategic action fields to gain cooperation or engage in competition. To demonstrate the breadth of the theory, Fligstein and McAdam make its abstract principles concrete through extended case studies of the Civil Rights Movement and the rise and fall of the market for mortgages in the U.S. since the 1960s. The book also provides a "how-to" guide to help others implement the approach and discusses methodological issues. With a bold new approach, A Theory of Fields offers both a rigorous and practically applicable way of thinking through and making sense of social order and change-and how one emerges from the other-in modern, complex societies.

Author : Jonathan H. Turner,Anthony J. Roberts
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-04-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783031124488

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Inter-Societal Dynamics by Jonathan H. Turner,Anthony J. Roberts Pdf

This book by Jonathan Turner and Anthony Roberts proposes a new theoretical approach for explaining the dynamics of inter-societal systems. The authors argue that inter-societal systems have existed since the beginning of human societies and the dynamics of these systems are a fundamental property of the social universe. However, while world-systems analysis has emphasized this latter point, the authors argue the reluctance to theorize complex abstract models and systems of explanatory propositions on the dynamics driving inter-societal systems hinders scientific explanation of inter-societal dynamics. In this context, the authors critically look at contemporary theorizing and review key theories that have been developed to explain geo-economic, geo-political, and geo-cultural dynamics, from the classic period through present-day world-systems analysis and cliometrics. The book summarizes these theories clearly, emphasizing their strengths and weakness, finally developing a theoretical synthesis through new models and propositions on the dynamics of premodern and modern inter-societal systems. Professor Turner’s decades of experience writing theory books for undergraduates have ensured that this book presents abstract ideas clearly and with examples so that students can understand the arguments. This book is a must-read for all social theory researchers, academics, serious undergraduate students, graduate students, and interested laypersons.

Author : Van Dongen, Walter
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781847422941

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Towards a Democratic Division of Labour in Europe? by Van Dongen, Walter Pdf

In past decades, most democratic European countries sought to achieve a more equal division of labour between men and women, both within families and organisations. At the same time, they wanted to offer individuals and families sufficient freedom to determine their own roles. But how far can the basic values of 'equality' and 'freedom' be realised in the daily division of labour in a complex modern society? How can they be linked with other principles, such as 'solidarity' and 'efficiency'? Towards a democratic division of labour? starts from the challenge of balancing these values in all sections of modern society, introducing the Combination Model as a scientific tool for studying the division of professional and family work. Following an integrated conceptual approach, the book explains the historical evolution of the division of labour in modern welfare states. Three policy models are developed to illustrate how a democratic division of labour can be conceived in the long-term and the Complete Combination Model is presented as the most suitable for the development of an integrated policy programme. Towards a democratic division of labour? offers inspiration to all scientists, policy makers, representatives of societal organisations and managers who are searching for new theoretical, empirical and policy perspectives.

Author : Talya N. Bauer,Berrin Erdogan
Publisher : Oxford Library of Psychology
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780199326174

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The Oxford Handbook of Leader-member Exchange by Talya N. Bauer,Berrin Erdogan Pdf

"Leader-member exchange (LMX) is the foremost dyadic leadership theory. According to this approach, high quality, trust and respect-based relationships between leaders and employees is the cornerstone of leadership. The Oxford Handbook of Leader-Member Exchange takes stock of the literature to examine its roots, what is currently known, and what research gaps and future opportunities exist"--

Author : Pascal Bridel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136719813

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General Equilibrium Analysis by Pascal Bridel Pdf

2010 marks the hundredth anniversary of the death of Léon Walras, the brilliant originator and first formaliser of general equilibrium theory – one of the pillars of modern economic theory. In advancing much derided practical solutions Walras also displayed more concern for the problems of living in a second best world than is common in modern pure theories of the invisible hand, efficient market hypothesis, DSGE macroeconomics or the thinking of some contemporary free market admirers all based on general equilibrium theory. This book brings contributions from the likes of Kenneth Arrow, Alan Kirman, Richard Posner, Amartya Sen and Robert Solow to share their thoughts and reflections on the theoretical heritage of Léon Walras. Some authors reminisce on the part they played in the development of modern general economics theory; others reflect on the crucial part played by general equilibrium in the development of macroeconomics, microeconomics, growth theory, welfare economics and the theory of justice; others still complain about the wrong path economic theory took under the influence of post 1945 developments in general equilibrium theory.

Author : Uriel Rosenthal
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1978-09-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9028605584

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Political Order by Uriel Rosenthal Pdf