Economics and Social Interaction - Accounting for Interpersonal Relations

Klappentext An innovative 2005 study exploring what economics can tell us about interpersonal relationships. Zusammenfassung An important 2005 contribution to a growing research agenda that applies traditional economic concepts to the realm of interpersonal relationships. The authors combine analytical rigour with sensitivity to the insights of other social science traditions resulting in a book devoid of polemics that will attract a wide interdisciplinary readership. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Why interpersonal relations matter for economics Benedetto Gui and Robert Sugden; 2. From transactions to encounters: the joint generation of relational goods and conventional values Benedetto Gui; 3. Fellow-feeling Robert Sugden; 4. Interpersonal interaction and economic theory: the case of public goods Nicholas Bardsley; 5. Under trusting eyes. The response nature of trust Vittorio Pelligra; 6. Interpersonal relations and job satisfaction: some empirical results in social and community care services Carlo Borzaga and Sara Depedri; 7. On the possible conflict between economic growth and social development Pier Luigi Sacco, Angelo Antoci and Paolo Vanin; 8. The logic of good social relations Serge-Christophe Kolm; 9. The mutual validation of ends Shaun Hargreaves-Heap; 10. Hic sunt leones. Interpersonal relations as unexplored territory in the tradition of economics Luigino Bruni; 11. Authority and power in economic and sociological approaches to interpersonal relations: from interactions to embeddedness Bernard Gazier and Isabelle This Saint-Jean; 12. Interpersonal relations and economics: comments from a feminist perspective Julie A. Nelson; 13. Economics and interpersonal relations: ruling the social back in Louis Putterman; Index.

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• Authors: Benedetto GUI, Benedetto (Universit... Degli Studi DI Padova Gui, Benedetto (Universita Degli Studi DI Padova Gui, Benedetto Sugden Gui
• Assisted by: Gui Benedetto (Editor), Benedetto GUI (Editor), Gui Benedetto (Editor), Sugden Robert (Editor), Robert Sugden (Editor), Sugden Robert (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.12.2010
• EAN: 9780521169554
• ISBN: 978-0-521-16955-4
• No. of pages: 316
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Consumer Behavior, Behavioural economics, Consumerism, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Social & Behavioral