Economy and society [[electronic resource] ] : a study in the integration of economic and social theory / / by Talcott Parsons and Neil J. Smelser

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450328403321
• Autore: Parsons Talcott <1902-1979.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; Boston, : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1956
• ISBN: 9786610139309; 0-415-17838-X; 1-280-13930-7; 0-203-98103-0
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (350 p.)
• Collana: International Library of Sociology
• Altri autori (Persone): SmelserNeil J
• Disciplina: 306/.3
• Soggetti: Economics - Sociological aspects; Social systems; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliography: p. 311-[318] and index.
• Nota di contenuto: BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; TABLE OF FIGURES; PREFACE; CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM: CURRENT SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY AND SOME CENTRAL CONCEPTS OF ECONOMICS; THE PROBLEM; THE PROGRAMME; SOME CONGRUENCES BETWEEN ECONOMIC AND SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY; A. Between Categories; B. Between System Types; THE PROBLEM OF COST; THE PROBLEM OF WELFARE; TECHNICAL NOTE; CHAPTER II THE ECONOMY AS A SOCIAL SYSTEM; THE FUNCTIONAL DIFFERENTIATION OF SOCIETY; THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN THE SUB-SYSTEMS OF SOCIETY; DOUBLE INTERCHANGES AT THE BOUNDARIES; SOME ECONOMIC THEORIES AND THE BOUNDARY PROCESSES OF THE ECONOMY CHAPTER III THE INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY; CONTRACT: THE CENTRAL ECONOMIC INSTITUTION; LABOUR, OCCUPATION AND THE CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT; PROPERTY, OWNERSHIP, AND THE CONTRACT OF INVESTMENT; FACTOR GENERALIZATION AND ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION; THE INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE OF MARKETS; THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF ECONOMIC VALUES AND THE MOTIVATION OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; CHAPTER IV ; ECONOMIC PROCESSES WITHIN THE SOCIAL SYSTEM; SOME MODELS OF THE TRADE CYCLE; THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY; THE INTERNAL BOUNDARY RELATIONS OF THE ECONOMY RESTATEMENT OF THE TRADE CYCLE; THE CONSUMPTION FUNCTION; THE INVESTMENT FUNCTION; A NOTE ON TIME LAGS; CHAPTER V THE PROBLEMS OF GROWTH AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN THE ECONOMY; THE NATURE OF CHANGE; A MODEL OF ECONOMIC GROWTH; A STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN THE AMERICAN ECONOMY: THE SEPARATION OF OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL; A MODEL OF INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE; A. The Impetus to Change; B. The Propagation of the Impetus to Change; C. The Process of Structural Differentiation; D. A Summary of the Model and Its Application; THE ECONOMIC GROWTH MODEL AND THE PROCESS OF INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE SOME HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES; CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION: ECONOMIC THEORY AND THE GENERAL THEORY OF SOCIAL SYSTEMS; A SUMMARY OF THE ANALYSIS; CONCLUSIONS; ECONOMICS BIBLIOGRAPHY; SOCIOLOGY BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume is designed as a contribution to the synthesis of theory in economics and sociology. We believe that the degree of separation between these two disciplines separation emphasized by intellectual traditions and present institutional arrangements arbitrarily concealsa degree of intrinsic intimacy between them which must be brought to the attention of the respective professional groups.