Knowledge Social Institutions And The Division Of Labour

Author : Pier Luigi Porta
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781782542377
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Knowledge, Social Institutions and the Division of Labour written by Pier Luigi Porta and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The complex interplay of the formation and communication of knowledge, the structure of social interaction, and the evolution of the division of labour, is here skilfully explored in a broad historical, philosophical and analytical framework by a truly international meeting of minds, enabling an encounter with great thinkers, past and present, commencing with Hume and Smith. A heady and unusual elixir, finely distilled, and to be slowly enjoyed if its sophisticated benefits are to be fully gathered by the reader.' - Peter Groenewegen, University of Sydney, Australia Knowledge, Social Institutions and the Division of Labour gives rise to a new and richer institutional analysis of the economy centred around the analysis of language, the division of labour and social knowledge. It is in this perspective that the economic analysis of institutions comes to be associated with the study of civil society, or with the broad framework of communication and coordination behind the interaction of individuals in economic and non-economic spheres. This fascinating book is divided into three parts beginning with the issue of the development of science as an aspect of the division of labour, starting from methodological problems on the communication of scientific knowledge. The volume goes on to explore issues on the moral bases of social interaction and, more particularly, of commercial society before ending with in depth analyses of questions on the division of labour, social institutions and the diffusion of knowledge in society.

Author : Émile Durkheim
Publisher : Digireads.com
ISBN 13 : 9781420948561
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Division of Labor in Society written by Émile Durkheim and published by Digireads.com. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: mile Durkheim is often referred to as the father of sociology. Along with Karl Marx and Max Weber he was a principal architect of modern social science and whose contribution helped established it as an academic discipline. "The Division of Labor in Society," published in 1893, was his first major contribution to the field and arguably one his most important. In this work Durkheim discusses the construction of social order in modern societies, which he argues arises out of two essential forms of solidarity, mechanical and organic. Durkheim further examines how this social order has changed over time from more primitive societies to advanced industrial ones. Unlike Marx, Durkheim does not argue that class conflict is inherent to the modern Capitalistic society. The division of labor is an essential component to the practice of the modern capitalistic system due to the increased economic efficiency that can arise out of specialization; however Durkheim acknowledges that increased specialization does not serve all interests equally well. This important and foundational work is a must read for all students of sociology and economic philosophy.

Author : Guang-Zhen Sun
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136344381
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Division of Labour in Economics written by Guang-Zhen Sun and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides, for the first time, a systematic and comprehensive narrative of the history of one central idea in economics, namely the division of labour, over the past two and a half millennia, with special focus on that having occurred in the most recent two and a half centuries. Quite contrary to the widely held belief, the idea has a fascinating biography, much richer than that exemplified by the pin-making story that was popularized by Adam Smith’s classical work published in 1776.

Author : L. Costabile
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230584357
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Institutions for Social Well Being written by L. Costabile and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-04-30 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the efficiency and effectiveness of economic policies in Europe, and explores the implications for social equity. It argues for an integrated approach to economic and social objectives, and discusses the ways in which welfare states and institutions can contribute to equity and efficiency objectives.

Author : Emile Durkheim
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0684836386
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Division of Labor in Society written by Emile Durkheim and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1997-09 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this momentous challenge to the economic theories of Adam Smith and Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim presents a visionary reconception of the social structures for production and allocation that are the cornerstones of capitalism. He asks how individuality can be retained within the capitalist system. He argues that class conflict is not inherent in a capitalistic society as Marx contended, but that the unfettered growth of state power would lead to the extinction of individuality. He suggests that only in a free society that promotes voluntary bonds between its members can individuality prosper.

Author : Vivienne Brown
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134060106
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Adam Smith Review: written by Vivienne Brown and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-11-09 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Adam Smith Review provides a unique forum for interdisciplinary debate on all aspects of Adam Smith's works, his place in history, and the significance of his writings for the modern world.

Author : Associazione italiana per la storia del pensiero economico. Conference
Publisher : FrancoAngeli
ISBN 13 : 9788846464156
Total Pages : 500 pages
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Download or read book The Changing Firm written by Associazione italiana per la storia del pensiero economico. Conference and published by FrancoAngeli. This book was released on 2005 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stephen Little
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446202453
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Managing Knowledge written by Stephen Little and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2012-06-21 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knowledge management is crucial to organizational learning, innovation and success within organizations. The Second Edition of the successful knowledge management reader provides a core source of key theoretical thinkers in the field and presents the most up-to-date leading-edge articles that explore emerging trends. A comprehensive introduction places these readings in context and draws together key strands across the field. The new reader includes new and revised chapters as well as newly authored material, to provide students with a current resource that enables the study of knowledge management from a variety of perspectives. Theoretical work and engaging case studies place knowledge management in the context of an emerging global economy.

Author : Craig Smith
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134235879
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adam Smith's Political Philosophy written by Craig Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-01-16 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Adam Smith published his celebrated writings on economics and moral philosophy he famously referred to the operation of an 'invisible hand'. Adam Smith’s Political Philosophy makes visible this hand by examining its significance in Smith’s political philosophy and relating it to similar concepts used by other philosophers, thus revealing a distinctive approach to social theory that stresses the importance of the unintended consequences of human action. The first book to examine the history of Smith’s political philosophy from this perspective, this work introduces greater conceptual clarity to the discussion of the invisible hand and the related notion of unintended order in the work of Smith, as well as in political theory more generally. By examining the application of spontaneous order ideas in the work of Smith, Hume, Hayek and Popper, this important volume traces similarities in approach, and from these constructs a conceptual, composite model of an invisible hand argument. While setting out a clear framework of the idea of spontaneous order, the book also builds the case for using this as an explanatory social theory, with chapters on its application in the fields of science, moral philosophy, law and government.

Author : Salvatore Rizzello
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134402198
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cognitive Developments in Economics written by Salvatore Rizzello and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-06-26 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book proposes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of human problem solving, choice, decision-making and change, to explain economic transactions, and the nature and evolution of organisations and institutions.