Global Social Economy

Development, work and policy
Herausgeber: Davis, John B

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Treats the term 'global social economy' as comprehending issues such as: the relation of capitalism to human flourishing; the role of international governance in the world economy; the transformation of work and use of time in internationalizing economies; and cross-country developments in gender, poverty, and ageing ethics.

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This volume expands on the standard economic framework of 'global economy' by looking at the way in which economic life is framed by society and social relationships and investigates how social values influence and help determine economic values.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 626g
• ISBN-13: 9780415778091
• ISBN-10: 0415778093
• Artikelnr.: 27869433

Autorenporträt

John B Davis

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction: Global Social Economy
John B. Davis
I Capitalism
Development
and Knowledge
2. Capitalism and human flourishing
Des Gasper
3. The United Nations and democratic globalisation: A reconnaissance of the issues
Keith Cowling
Silvia Sacchetti
Roger Sugden
and James Wilson
4. Knowledge development and coordination via market
hierarchy and gift exchange
Wilfred Dolfsma
II Time and Work
5. "Time sovereignty": Its meaning and externalities
François-Xavier Devetter
6 Age differences in the consequences of overwork
Beth A. Rubin and Charles J. Brody
7. The implications of well being research for work time reform
Robert LaJeunesse
8. Social time in international work environments
Esther Ruiz Ben
III Gender
Poverty Transmission
and Ageing
9 The rise of the adult worker model: Actual policies and the implications for gender equality
Janneke Plantenga
10. Redistribution
intergenerational inequality
and poverty transmission - Germany and the United States compared
Veronika V. Eberharter
11 Pension reform and household financial position
GianDemetrio Marangoni
Chiara Marcomini
Stefano Solari
IV Ethics and Economics
12 Market operation and distributive justice: An evaluation of the ACCRA confession
Johan Graafland
13 The macro/social economics of corporate social responsibility: Informational abundance and collective action
Martha A. Starr
14 A proper choice
Jan de Jonge
15 Toward an ethical economics of planning horizons and complementarity
Frederic B. Jennings
Jr.