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

• Autore: McLure Michael <1959->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2001
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.1092; 330.1543
• Soggetto topico: Economists - Italy; Policy sciences
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Pareto, Economics and Society
• ISBN: 1-134-57844-X; 1-134-57845-8; 1-280-40430-2; 0-203-47076-1; 0-203-24289-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910170966203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in the history of economics ; ; 46.