Incommensurability and Commensuration: The Common Denominator - Couverture rigide

D'Agostino, Fred

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0754631494 ISBN 13 : 9780754631491

Editeur : Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2003

Synopsis

This volume presents a detailed examination of incommensurability in the value-theoretical sense. Exploring how choosers deal with problems and constraints of choice, the author draws on work in cognitive psychology, in sociology, in jurisprudence, in economics, and in the theory of value to show how choosers learn to make "trade-offs" when there is potential incommensurability among the options they are considering. The analysis is also informed by recent work in the tradition of Michel Foucault. With so many modern devices and ideals of government dependent on the comparability of options, this book is timely and can inform public debate about de-regulation, user-pays, accountability, and the substitution of market mechanisms for government regulation and supply.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ashgate Publishing Limited
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0754631494
• ISBN 13: 9780754631491
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible