Doing Money: Elementary Monetary Theory from a Sociological Standpoint
Author:   Heiner Ganßmann (Free University, Berlin)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415750080


Pages:   200
Publication Date:   11 November 2013
Format:   Paperback
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Doing Money: Elementary Monetary Theory from a Sociological Standpoint


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This book puts in place the groundwork for an alternative theory of money in a sociological perspective, proceeding by way of a critique of existing theories.

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Author:   Heiner Ganßmann (Free University, Berlin)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.294kg
ISBN:  

9780415750080


ISBN 10:   0415750083
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   11 November 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface. Introduction Part 1: Problems and their Settings 1.1 Capitalism 1.2 Money: A veil? 1.3 Money: A Symbol? 1.4 Money: A Language? Part 2: Clarifications 2.1 Language and Money 2.2 Everyday Use of Money 2.3 Prices and the Metric of Money 2.4 Money as Things vs. Money as Pure Information 2.5 Money as a Social Relation? Part 3: Elementary Theory 3.1 Contingency and Interaction 3.2 Origins and Acceptability of Money 3.3 Quantitative Price Determination 3.4 Money and Uncertainty Absorption 3.5 Credit 3.6 Money, Credit and Crises. Conclusion

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Heiner Ganßmann was professor in the Department of Sociology of the Freie Universität Berlin until 2009, specializing in economic sociology, social policy and sociological theory.

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