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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452640003321

Autore

Wackerle Manuel <1981-, >

Titolo

The foundations of evolutionary institutional economics : generic institutionalism / / Manuel Wackerle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-138-92118-1

0-203-79896-1

1-136-00864-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in heterodox economics ; ; 18

Disciplina

330.15/52

Soggetti

Institutional economics

Evolutionary economics

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 bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; The Foundations of Evolutionary Institutional Economics; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction - evolutionary economic programs; Part I Evolution - ontological foundations; 1 Ontologies and heuristics; 2 Dualistic approaches; 3 Naturalistic approaches; 4 Remarks and reflections on Part I; Part II Institutions - generic heuristics; 5 What are institutions?; 6 Veblen heuristics; 7 Hayek heuristics; 8 Schumpeter heuristics; 9 Bourdieu heuristics; 10 Synthesizing heuristics with generic rules

11 Remarks and reflections on Part IIPart III Complexity - methodological considerations; 12 From semantic to synthetic programming; 13 An agent-based model of institutional change; 14 Power within networks; 15 Remarks and reflections on Part III; Part IV Policy realms; 16 Institutions, technology and nature; 17 Evolution of credit rules; 18 Democracy in practice; Outlook; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

<P>Generic institutionalism offers a new perspective on institutional economic change within an evolutionary framework. The institutional landscape shapes the social fabric and economic organization in



manifold ways. The book elaborates on the ubiquity of such institutional forms with regards to their emergence, durability and exit in social agency-structure relations. Thereby institutions are considered as social learning environments changing the knowledge base of the economy along generic rule-sets in non-nomological ways from within.</P><P></P><P>Specific attention is given to a theoretica