Economics and social interaction : accounting for interpersonal relations / edited by Benedetto Gui and Robert Sugden.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gui, Benedetto, editor.

Sugden, Robert, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Sociological aspects.

Economics.

Social interaction--Economic aspects.

Social interaction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 299 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First published in 2005, Economics and Social Interaction is a fresh attempt to overcome the traditional inability of economics to deal with interpersonal phenomena that occur within the sphere of markets and productive organizations. It makes use of traditional economic concepts for understanding interpersonal events, while venturing beyond those concepts to give a better account of personalised interactions. In contrast to other books, Economics and Social Interaction offers the reader a rigorous effort at extending economic analysis to a difficult field in a consistent manner, sensitive to insights from other behavioural and social sciences. This collection represents an important contribution to a growing research agenda in the social sciences.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Preface; 1 Why interpersonal relations matter for economics; 2 From transactions to encounters: the joint generation of relational goods and conventional values; 3 Fellow-feeling; 4 Interpersonal interaction and economic theory: the case of public goods; 5 Under trusting eyes: the responsive nature of trust; 6 Interpersonal relations and job satisfaction: some empirical results in social and community care services; 7 On the possible conflict between economic growth and social development

8 The logic of good social relations9 The mutual validation of ends; 10 Hic sunt leones: interpersonal relations as unexplored territory in the tradition of economics; 11 Authority and power in economic and sociological approaches to interpersonal relations: from interactions to embeddedness; 12 Interpersonal relations and economics: comments from a feminist perspective; 13 Economics and interpersonal relations: ruling the social back in; Envoi; References; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Jan 2016).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-294) and index.

ISBN:

1-139-81032-4

1-107-15314-X

1-107-31652-9

1-107-32191-3

1-107-31748-7

1-107-31836-X

1-299-39960-6

1-107-31554-9

0-511-52215-0