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Author:   Ernesto Screpanti (University of Siena, Italy)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780415406505

ISBN 10:   0415406501
Pages:   314
Publication Date:   01 August 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The Employment Contract, Transaction Institutions and Capitalism: i The Employment Contract; ii Transaction Institutions and Social Reproduction 2. Individuals, Culture and Behavioural Institutions: i Premises; ii Bounded Rationality and Intentional Behaviour; iii The Multiple Self and False Conditions; iv The Ideological Conditions of Social Reproduction; v Conclusions 3. The State and Normative Institutions i Where Does the State Come From? ii The State Action 4. Forms of Co-operation and Power: i Co-operation; ii Power 5. Production Governance Structures: i The Capitalist Firm; ii The Market; iii The Governance of Knowledge Production 6. Different Forms of Capitalism: i Institutional Systems; ii Forms of Capitalism Conclusions: Toward the Autonomy of Capital

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'I have strongly appreciated this book, as it consitutes a fruitful merging of Marxian theory with recent advances in institutional and evolutionary economics. The book is well researched and, among other things, provides useful summaries and original combinations of several strands of literature, mainly but not exclusively radical and institutional ... it is very rewarding reading for everybody wanting to understand what capitalism really is.' - Angelo Reati, il cannocchiale

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Ernesto Screpanti is Professor of Political Economy and Professor of the History of Political Economy at the University of Siena. He has published extensively on the economics of labour, institutional economics, the history and methodology of economics, his previous publications include An Outline of the History of Economic Thought, with S. Zamagni,

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