This comprehensive second edition of The Elgar Companion to Social Economics presents an overview of a dynamic and growing field in economics that emphasizes the key role that values play in the economy and in economic life. Social economics treats the economy and economics as being embedded in the larger web of social and ethical relationships. It also regards economics and ethics as essentially connected, and adds values such as justice, fairness, dignity, well-being, freedom and equality to the standard emphasis on efficiency. Leading contributors in the field elucidate a wide range of recent developments across different subject areas and topics. Contributors map the likely trends and directions of future research, making this second edition of the Companion a leading reference source and guide to social economics for many years to come. Providing concise discussion and an indication of what to expect in future decades, this interdisciplinary Companion will be of great interest to students and academics of social economics and socio-economics, as well as institutional, evolutionary and heterodox economics.It will also appeal to management scholars and those concerned with business ethics.
Contents: Introduction Davis and Dolfsma PART I SOCIAL CONCERNS IN ECONOMICS 1. Environment and Sustainability Jouni Paavola and Inge Ropke 2. Institutions, Culture and Values Mayhew 3. Insecurity John Vail 4. The Ethical Dimensions of the 'Globalization Thesis' Debate George Demartino 5. Teaching and Learning Zohreh Emami PART II THE SOCIALLY EMBEDDED INDIVIDUAL 6. Individual, Preferences and Decision Making Hargreaves Heap 7. The Conception of the Socially Embedded Individual John Davis 8. The Social Dimension of Internal Conflict David George 9. The Socioeconomics of Consumption: Solutions to the Problems of Interest, Knowledge, and Identity Metin Cosgel PART III INDIVIDUAL IN CONTEXT 10. Capabilities and Well-being van staveren 11. Culture, Values and Institutions Bush 12. Caste and Diversity in India Ashwini Deshpande 13. Feminist and/in Economics Edith Kuiper PART IV GROWTH AND (IN)EQUALITH 14. Income Distribution and Inequality Frank Cowell 15. The Social Economics of Growth and Income Equality Wealth Morris Altman PART V SOCIALLY EMBEDDED EXCHANGE: FIRMS 16. Markets Geoff Hodgson 17. Are Markets Everywhere? Understanding Contemporary Processes of Commodification Luis Carvalho and Joao Rodrigues 18. Work: Its Social Meanings and Role in Provisioning Mutari and Figart 19. Provisioning Marilyn Power PART VI SOCIALLY EMBEDDED EXCHANGE: FIRMS 20. Firms: Collective Action and its Supportive Values Helena Lopes and Jose Castro Caldas 21. Knowledge Spillover Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Large and Small Firms Audretsch and Keilbach 22. Firms, Managers and Restructuring: Implications of a Social Economics View Hans Schenk 23. Cooperatives Clemans Lutz 24. Workplace Democracy Michael Carr and Philip Mellizo PART VII SOCIAL RELATIONS IN THE ECONOMY 25. Social Capital: A Critique and Extension Nicolas Sirven 26. Social Networks Structure and Content Wilfred Dolfsma and Rick Aalbers 27. Communication in the Economy - The Example of Innovation Stefan Kesting 28. Methodological Approaches in Economics and Anthropology P.Bardhan and Isha Ray PART VIII FINANCE, MONEY AND POLICY 29. Saving, Stock-market Investments, and Pension Systems Martha Starr 30. Monetary Policy Sheila Dow 31. Banking, Finance, and Money: a Socio-economics Approach Randy Wray 32. Global Finance and Development - False Starts, Dead Ends, Ilene Graebel PART IX THE STATE 33. Welfare State and Privatization Bob McMaster 34. The State and Social Economics Charlie Dannreuther and Oliver Kessler PART X LAW AND THE ECONOMY 35. Law and Social Econ: A Coasean Perspective Matthias Klaes and David Campbell 36. Social Law and Economics and the Quest for Dignity and Rights Mark White PART XI THE LONG VIEW 37. Technology and Long Waves in Economic Growth Alfred Kleinknecht and Gerben van der Panne 38. Analysing Regional Development: From Territorial Innovation to Path Dependent Geography Frank Moulaert and Abid Mehmood 39. Radical Institutionalism Dugger 40. Exploitation and Surplus O'Hara Index
