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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parsons, Talcott, 1902-1979.

Contributor:

Smelser, Neil J.

Series:

International Library of Sociology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Sociological aspects.

Economics.

Social systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1956.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Annotation. Originally published in 1956.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliography: p. 311-[318] and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

81-7304-341-8

1-134-68582-3

9786610139309

0-415-17838-X

1-280-13930-7

0-203-98103-0

9780203981030

OCLC:

475953247

Publisher Number:

9780415175272