Overview

""The Fundamental Institutions of Capitalism"" presents a radical institutional approach to the analysis of capitalism. Ernesto Screpanti discusses a wide range of topics and puts forward a number of provocative arguments that expose common ground in both neoclassical and Marxist orthodoxies. It should appeal to a broad audience of social scientists including advanced students and professionals with an interest in politics and economics.

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Author:   Ernesto Screpanti (University of Siena, Italy)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   No.34
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.612kg
ISBN:  

9780415247672

ISBN 10:   0415247675
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   19 July 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
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

Reviews

'This is a very important and well-researched book. It is a major attempt to address some serious analytical problems concerning the nature of the world in which we live. Its major contribution lies in its conceptual analysis of fundamental economic structures and relations of the modern world. Few other authors have addressed these issues in such depth as Screpanti. In this respect and more, it is a very welcome contribution. Its particular value lies in its detailed analysis of legal contracts, human agency and power relationships. Screpanti's contribution is to open up much of this territory. Appropriately, a wide range of material, from the work of Marxists, institutional economists, behavioural economists and other social theorists, is drawn upon. The book penetrates into areas where few other authors have ventured to explore'. - Geoffrey M. Hodgson Research Professor at the University of Hertfordshire; 'I enjoyed reading this work. It raises questions to which we do not seem to have answers'N - Professor Frank H. Hahn, University of Siena, Italy

Author Information

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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