| Making Markets: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Economic Exchange Contributor(s): Cantor, Robin (Author), Henry, Stuart (Author), Rayner, Steve (Author) |
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ISBN: 0313268215 ISBN-13: 9780313268212 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1992 Annotation: This book considers the social and economic arrangements that would be necessary for rational mechanisms of exchange and distribution to emerge, function, and remain viable if extreme conditions produced an absence or the severe destruction of an institutional infrastructure and of resource endowments. Written by an economist, a sociologist, and an anthropologist, the study confronts such radical circumstances from an interdisciplinary perspective, thereby rethinking and revising some cherished conventional economic and social assumptions. At one level, the book discusses the kinds of market structures that would be viable under different socioeconomic conditions. At another level, the analysis questions monolithic approaches to applied economic analysis and policy based on what works under existing conditions. To illustrate the applicability of theoretical modeling, the authors consider two policy areas: economic recovery from a major societal disaster and economic development. The book will be of particular interest to students of applied economics, but it will also be of interest to those concerned with social ecology, economy and society, economic history, economic anthropology, applied sociology, and developmental studies. It will be especially valuable to scholars in Eastern European and socialist economic systems that are currently seeking to establish market economies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Industries - General - Business & Economics | International - Economics - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 338.6 |
| LCCN: 91042731 |
| Lexile Measure: 1460 |
| Series: Contributions in Military Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.24" W x 9.56" (1.09 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book considers the social and economic arrangements that would be necessary for rational mechanisms of exchange and distribution to emerge, function, and remain viable if extreme conditions produced an absence or the severe destruction of an institutional infrastructure and of resource endowments. Written by an economist, a sociologist, and an anthropologist, the study confronts such radical circumstances from an interdisciplinary perspective, thereby rethinking and revising some cherished conventional economic and social assumptions. At one level, the book discusses the kinds of market structures that would be viable under different socioeconomic conditions. At another level, the analysis questions monolithic approaches to applied economic analysis and policy based on what works under existing conditions. To illustrate the applicability of theoretical modeling, the authors consider two policy areas: economic recovery from a major societal disaster and economic development. The book will be of particular interest to students of applied economics, but it will also be of interest to those concerned with social ecology, economy and society, economic history, economic anthropology, applied sociology, and developmental studies. It will be especially valuable to scholars in Eastern European and socialist economic systems that are currently seeking to establish market economies. |