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UNINA9910821847903321 |
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Autore |
Frijters Paul |
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Titolo |
An economic theory of greed, love, groups, and networks / / Paul Frijters ; with Gigi Foster [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
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1-107-23653-3 |
1-107-35766-7 |
1-139-20704-0 |
1-107-34179-5 |
1-107-34804-8 |
1-107-34554-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvii, 431 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Avarice |
Economic man |
Reciprocity (Commerce) |
Social groups |
Social networks |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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pt. I. Greed and love -- pt. II. Groups, power, and the development of institutions -- pt. III. Implications and examples. |
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Why are people loyal? How do groups form and how do they create incentives for their members to abide by group norms? Until now, economics has only been able to partially answer these questions. In this groundbreaking work, Paul Frijters presents a new unified theory of human behaviour. To do so, he incorporates comprehensive yet tractable definitions of love and power, and the dynamics of groups and networks, into the traditional mainstream economic view. The result is an enhanced view of human societies that nevertheless retains the pursuit of self-interest at its core. This book provides a digestible but comprehensive theory of our socioeconomic system, which condenses its immense complexity into simplified representations. The |
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result both illuminates humanity's history and suggests ways forward for policies today, in areas as diverse as poverty reduction and tax compliance. |
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UNINA9910972080403321 |
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Autore |
Scott James C |
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Seeing like a state : how certain schemes to improve the human condition have failed / / James C. Scott |
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New Haven, : Yale University Press, c1998 |
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9786611729134 |
9781281729132 |
1281729132 |
9780300128789 |
0300128789 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (462 p.) |
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Collana |
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Yale agrarian studies |
Yale ISPS series |
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Central planning - Social aspects |
Social engineering |
Authoritarianism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-434) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. State projects of legibility and simplification -- pt. 2. Transforming visions -- pt. 3. The social engineering of rural settlement and production -- pt. 4. The missing link. |
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Compulsory ujamaa villages in Tanzania, collectivization in Russia, Le Corbusier's urban planning theory realized in Brasilia, the Great Leap Forward in China, agricultural "modernization" in the Tropics-the twentieth century has been racked by grand utopian schemes that have inadvertently brought death and disruption to millions. Why do well-intentioned plans for improving the human condition go tragically awry?In this wide-ranging and original book, James C. Scott analyzes failed cases of large-scale authoritarian plans in a variety of fields. |
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Centrally managed social plans misfire, Scott argues, when they impose schematic visions that do violence to complex interdependencies that are not-and cannot-be fully understood. Further, the success of designs for social organization depends upon the recognition that local, practical knowledge is as important as formal, epistemic knowledge. The author builds a persuasive case against "development theory" and imperialistic state planning that disregards the values, desires, and objections of its subjects. He identifies and discusses four conditions common to all planning disasters: administrative ordering of nature and society by the state; a "high-modernist ideology" that places confidence in the ability of science to improve every aspect of human life; a willingness to use authoritarian state power to effect large- scale interventions; and a prostrate civil society that cannot effectively resist such plans. |
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