Описание: The Post-Human Society is a rich, unique, path-breaking, belletristic and literary 'crie de coeur' work - a lyrical expose of all the internal infelicities (social, political, aesthetic) of the United States of America. In its vivid contrasting of the mores of competition, avarice, and greed to communitarian, co-respecting and co-operative values, it abounds with colorful, vibrant, breathtaking images and tropes. Utilizing a novel, First Person Narrative, the author Rajani Kanth offers a poignant critique of the rabid, runaway materialism that has been the bane of all modernist, European societies, to date. It is evocative in its approach to the fading genre of the iconic anthropology/sociology classics of the yesteryear. Ultimately, it is a critique of the ruling ethos of our times: Eurocentrism - i.e., selfish and acquisitive materialism, of which the contemporary USA is the trend-setter and the unchallenged gold standard. DR. RAJANI KANTH has an MA in Social Anthropology from the Delhi School of Economics, India, and a PhD in Economics from the New School for Social Research, New York, USA. After serving as Economic Advisor to the UN in New York, he taught as University Professor, and is currently based at Harvard University.
Описание: SHARE is an international survey designed to answer the societal challenges that face us due to rapid population ageing. How do Europeans age? Under which circumstances do older people and their families live, how healthy and active are they, and how did the crisis affect them? The authors of this multidisciplinary book have taken a first step toward answering these questions based on the recent SHARE data including a new social networks module.
Описание: This book examines the shift in Max Weber`s work from political economy to economic sociology, considering the significance of both his research on the Protestant Ethic and the emergence of his view that the study of the relationship between economic factors and social issues required a new discipline.
Описание: While Africa is too often regarded as lying on the periphery of the global political arena, this is not the case. African nations have played an important historical role in world affairs. It is with this understanding that the authors in this volume set out upon researching and writing their chapters, making an important collective contribution to our understanding of modern Africa. Taken as a whole, the chapters represent the range of research in African development, and fully tie this development to the global political economy. African nations play significant roles in world politics, both as nations influenced by the ebbs and flows of the global economy and by the international political system, but also as actors, directly influencing politics and economics. It is only through an understanding of both the history and present place of Africa in global affairs that we can begin to assess the way forward for future development.
Автор: Muniesa Название: The Provoked Economy ISBN: 1138961809 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138961807 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 5817.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Do things such as performance indicators, valuation formulas, consumer tests, stock prices or financial contracts represent an external reality? Or do they rather constitute, in a performative fashion, what they refer to?
The Provoked Economy tackles this question from a pragmatist angle, considering economic reality as a ceaselessly provoked reality. It takes the reader through a series of diverse empirical sites - from public administrations to stock exchanges, from investment banks to marketing facilities and business schools - in order to explore what can be seen from such a demanding standpoint. It demonstrates that descriptions of economic objects do actually produce economic objects and that the simulacrum of an economic act is indeed a form of realization. It also shows that provoking economic reality means facing practical tests in which what ought to be economic or not is subject to elaboration and controversy.
This book opens paths for empirical investigation in the social sciences, but also for the philosophical renewal of the critique of economic reality. It will be useful for students and scholars in social theory, sociology, anthropology, philosophy and economics.
Автор: Backhouse Название: No Wealth but Life ISBN: 1107569435 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107569430 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book re-examines early twentieth-century British welfare economics in the context of the emergence of the welfare state. This book discusses the two competing approaches to welfare economics which are associated with the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, based on different philosophical foundations.
Автор: Elder-Vass Название: Profit and Gift in the Digital Economy ISBN: 1107146143 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107146143 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 12038.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Dave Elder-Vass argues that dominant approaches to the economy miss much of what happens in real economies and that the rise of the digital economy has made this problem more evident. He proposes a new framework to analyse diverse economic systems, and applies it to cases drawn from the digital economy.
Автор: Elder-Vass Название: Profit and Gift in the Digital Economy ISBN: 1316509389 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781316509388 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5542.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Dave Elder-Vass argues that dominant approaches to the economy miss much of what happens in real economies and that the rise of the digital economy has made this problem more evident. He proposes a new framework to analyse diverse economic systems, and applies it to cases drawn from the digital economy.
Автор: Sheng Название: Economic Openness and Territorial Politics in China ISBN: 1107507421 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107507425 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book is concerned with the causes and consequences of the evolving political ties that bond the national-level political authorities and their subnational units under growing economic openness, with an empirical focus on post-1978 China.
Автор: Hope Название: Economic Reform in India ISBN: 110743680X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107436800 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 8078.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: These essays are written by leading economists working on the Indian economy. They emphasize the importance of policies and institutions for growth and poverty reduction, stressing that the success of sector-specific policies is dependent on the nature of markets and the functioning of institutions including those charged with regulating critical sectors.
Автор: Bavetta Название: Freedom and the Pursuit of Happiness ISBN: 1107037735 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107037731 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 10138.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Different types of freedom have different impacts on happiness, as socioeconomic circumstances change. As the economy grows, happiness depends more on non-intrusive institutions that do not constrain people`s political and economic possibility of self-expression. The implications for policy cannot be underestimated: maximizing freedom is a major goal in the pursuit of happiness.
Автор: Easter Gerald Название: Capital, Coercion, and Postcommunist States ISBN: 0801478243 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780801478246 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 4631.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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The postcommunist transitions produced two very different types of states. The "contractual" state is associated with the countries of Eastern Europe, which moved toward democratic regimes, consensual relations with society, and clear boundaries between political power and economic wealth. The "predatory" state is associated with the successors to the USSR, which instead developed authoritarian regimes, coercive relations with society, and poorly defined boundaries between the political and economic realms. In Capital, Coercion, and Postcommunist States, Gerald M. Easter shows how the cumulative result of the many battles between state coercion and societal capital over taxation gave rise to these distinctive transition outcomes. Easter's fiscal sociology of the postcommunist state highlights the interconnected paths that led from the fiscal crisis of the old regime through the revenue bargains of transitional tax regimes to the eventual reconfiguration of state-society relations. His focused comparison of Poland and Russia exemplifies postcommunism's divergent institutional forms. The Polish case shows how conflicts over taxation influenced the emergence of a rule-of-law contractual state, social-market capitalism, and civil society. The Russian case reveals how revenue imperatives reinforced the emergence of a rule-by-law predatory state, concessions-style capitalism, and dependent society.
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