Economics of Social Relations - Critical Perspectives on Social Capital

Starting from the idea that economic relations are all social relations, and every economic fact is first a social fact, this book explores one of the crucial problems within economic science: how to incorporate the social dimension into the study of economic reality from a critical perspective.

List of contents

Introduction: The Dissatisfactions Of Economics Part I: The Interrelationship Between Economy And Society 1. Bringing The Social Into The Economy 2. Social Capital: The Controversial Trajectory Of A Concept Part II : Two Conflicting Approaches 3. Complex Consensus: The Micro, The Meso And The Macro 4. What Is Behind Macro-Social Capital? 5. Personal Networks As Capital: Individual Social Capital Part III : Constructing From Individual Social Capital 6. Inequality, Homophily And Individual Social Capital 7. Is There A Negative Social Capital? Social Capital And Corruption 8: Well-Being And Relational Goods, The Intrinsic Value Of Social Relations Bibliography

About the author

Atilano Pena-López (Celeiro¿Lugo, 1968) is Professor of Economic Policy at the Universidade da Coruña, has a PhD in Economics, and is Member of ECOBAS and OSIM research groups.
Matías MembieläPollan (A Coruña, 1981) is Associate Professor of Marketing and Market Research at the Universidade da Coruña (Spain), has a PhD in Economics and Business Administration, with a thesis on Social Capital and Relational Goods, and is Member of the research groups OSIM and iMARKA.

Summary

Starting from the idea that economic relations are all social relations, and every economic fact is first a social fact, this book explores one of the crucial problems within economic science: how to incorporate the social dimension into the study of economic reality from a critical perspective.

Product details

• Authors: Matías Membiela-Pollán, Matías Membiela-Pollán., Atilano Membiela-Pollan Pena-Lopez, Atilano Pena-López
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032450834
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3245083-4
• No. of pages: 244
• Series: Routledge Advances in Social Economics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Social Theory, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Economic history, Economic theory & philosophy, Political Economy, Economic theory and philosophy