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Record Nr.

UNINA9910170966203321

Autore

McLure Michael <1959->

Titolo

Pareto, economics and society : the mechanical analogy / / Michael McLure

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2001

ISBN

1-134-57844-X

1-134-57845-8

1-280-40430-2

0-203-47076-1

0-203-24289-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the history of economics ; ; 46

Disciplina

330.1092

330.1543

Soggetti

Economists - Italy

Policy sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [206]-218) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Methodology; Method: the analytical elements of pure economics and general sociology; Determinism, ideology and the mechanical analogy; Collective economic welfare; Les Systmes Socialistes and Buchanan's constitutive elements of economic policy; Rationality, individualism and public policy; Government and public policy; Conclusion; Appendix: Pareto's major publications; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Vilfredo Pareto was one of the great systems theorists of the twentieth century, embracing economics, psychology, sociology and politics. In this important work, Michael McLure takes as his subject of study the rapport between Pareto's economic and sociological theory, and consequently, illuminates the role of economics in public policy development.