Knowledge, social institutions, and the division of labour

edited by The late Pier Luigi Porta(formerly Professor of Economics, University Milano-Bicocca, Italy), Roberto Scazzieri, (Professor of Economic Analysis, University of Bologna, Italy), and the late Andrew Skinner (former Professor of Political Economy, University of Glasgow, UK)

Knowledge, Social Institutions and the Division of Labour gives rise to a new and richer institutional analysis of the economy centred around the analysis of language, the division of labour and social knowledge. It is in this perspective that the economic analysis of institutions comes to be associated with the study of civil society, or with the broad framework of communication and coordination behind the interaction of individuals in economic and non-economic spheres. This fascinating book is divided into three parts beginning with the issue of the development of science as an aspect of the division of labour, starting from methodological problems on the communication of scientific knowledge. The volume goes on to explore issues on the moral bases of social interaction and, more particularly, of commercial society before ending with in depth analyses of questions on the division of labour, social institutions and the diffusion of knowledge in society

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Year of publication:	2001
Other Persons:	Porta, Pier Luigi (ed.) ; Scazzieri, Roberto (ed.) ; Skinner, Andrew S. (ed.)
Institutions:	Edward Elgar Publishing (publisher)
Publisher:	Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
Subject:	Theorie \| Theory \| Arbeitsteilung \| Division of labour \| Wissen \| Knowledge \| Institutionenökonomik \| Institutional economics \| Ökonomische Ideengeschichte \| History of economic thought \| Sozialwissenschaft \| Social sciences

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (xi, 367 pages)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	A collection of 16 papers first presented at a conference sponsored by the European Society of the History of Economic Thought in February-March 1998, and subsequently revised Includes bibliographical references and indexes Contents: Preface -- Coordination, connecting principles and social knowledge: An introductory essay -- Part I: Rationality, communication and connecting principles -- Part II: Social interaction and moral sentiments -- Part III: Division of labour, patterns of interdependence and social institutions -- Index.
ISBN:	978-1-78254-237-7 ; 978-1-84064-335-0
Other identifiers:	10.4337/9781782542377 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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