Economy and Society : a Study in the Integration of Economic and Social Theory . Vol. 26

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910808668203321
• Autore: Parsons Talcott <1902-1979.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Routledge, Jan. 2003; Florence, : Taylor & Francis Group [distributor]
• ISBN: 81-7304-341-8; 1-134-68582-3; 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
• 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: Annotation.