Competition, coordination, social order : responsible business, civil society, and government in open society. Jacek Giedrojc / Studies in politics, security and society ; volume 12.

Giedrojc, Jacek (Verfasser):

ISBN 10: 363172179X / ISBN 13: 9783631721797

Edité par Frankfurt am Main ; Bern ; Wien : Peter Lang Edition [2017]., 2017

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285 Seiten : Illustrationen ; 22 cm. Tadelloses Exemplar -- Contents: Chapter I: Social Order and Discretion -- Discretion -- Power -- Freedom -- Chapter 2: Coordinating Mechanisms -- Community -- Second Order Mechanisms -- Hierarchy -- Deliberation -- Competition -- Chapter 3: Competition and Strategy -- Strategy -- Private Interest, Autonomy and Competition -- Strategy and Theory -- Strategy and Desire -- Collective Strategy -- Chapter 4: Implications -- Reflexivity -- Competition, Subjectivity and Rational Choice Theory -- Preconditions for Competitive Order and Its Sustainability Individualism vs. Collectivism -- Inequalities - Storing Discretion -- Government Promises of Discretion -- Chapter 5: Competition in Economics -- Neoclassical Model of Perfect Competition -- Austrian School -- Neoclassical vs. Austrian Insights on Competition -- Ordoliberalism -- Three Paradigms Compared -- Chapter 6: Critical Views of Competition -- Competition as a Counterproductive Rat Race -- Hirschman and Loudon -- Axelrods Tournaments: Cooperation or Defection? -- Networks: An Alternative to Competition? -- Chapter 7: Corporate Social Responsibility -- Critics -- Cynics -- Enthusiasts -- Cautious Optimists -- Chapter 8: Doing Well by Doing Good or Doing Good by Doing Well? -- Saving Capitalism -- Transparency and Stakeholder Engagement -- Theatres of CSR -- Bottom of the Pyramid -- Chapter 9: Government, Civil Society and Market -- Government as Rationalistic Deliverance from Above -- Civil Society and Market -- What are Firms For? - Conclusions. ISBN 9783631721797 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 468.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Competition, coordination, social order : responsible business, civil society, and government in open society. Jacek Giedrojc / Studies in politics, security and society ; volume 12.
• Éditeur: Frankfurt am Main ; Bern ; Wien : Peter Lang Edition [2017].
• Date de parution: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 363172179X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9783631721797
• Reliure: Festeinband.
• État de l'article: Sehr gut
• Poids: 468 grammes
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Politik

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Synopsis

The author analyses competition as one of four coordinating mechanisms helping agents mutually to orientate their actions, avoid chaos, and produce social order. Competition is a key dimension of developed societies. It helps to structure and is also conducive to social change. Competing agents constrain one another, making it hard for anyone to change their position. They discover new routines the best of which may later be institutionalized. Competition is a solvent of power but only in relatively equal societies. Entrenched wealth or status restricts competition, thus impoverishing social order. The author also evaluates the theory of competition to explore such topics as corporate social responsibility, relations between government, business and civil society, and reflexivity in social sciences.

À propos de l?auteur

Jacek Giedrojc studied economics in Poland and New Zealand. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a PhD from the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences.