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The gift in the economy and society : perspectives from institutional economics and other social sciences / edited by Stefan Kesting, Ioana Negru and Paolo Silvestri.

Contributor(s): Kesting, Stefan, 1965- [editor.] | Negru, Ioana, 1974- [editor.] | Silvestri, Paolo [editor.]Material type: Text

TextSeries: Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2020Edition: 1 EditionDescription: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781003044567; 1003044565; 9781000333299; 1000333299; 9781000333350; 1000333353; 9781000333237; 100033323XSubject(s): Institutional economics | Social institutions | Social sciences | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / TheoryDDC classification: 330.15/52 LOC classification: HB99.5Online resources: Taylor & Francis | OCLC metadata license agreement

Contents:

1. Introduction Stefan Kesting, Ioana Negru and Paolo SilvestriPart I -- Theoretical approaches2. Institutional Orders and the Gift: A Macrosociological Approach Frank Adloff3. Beneficence, reciprocity and institutions in Smith Benoît Walraevens4. The gift as total social fact: From Mauss to money Diego VianaPart II -- Applied, empirical or experimental case studies5. Lab Scientists' Innovativeness: A Case Study of Networks and Favour Exchange Wilfred Dolfsma and Rene van der Eijk6. Gift as conspicuous consumption: the case of the Odyssey Paschalis A. Arvanitidis and Polyxeni Strolonga7. The fluid nature of gifts and grants: an institutional application to the Marshall Plan Stefan Kesting8. An Institutional Analysis of the Dowry System in South Asia Kalpana Khanal and Ruchira Sen9. In search of relevant financial regulation: some lessons from the gift-economics Faruk Ülgen and Marina Sakovich10. Principles of exchange and reciprocity in the context of providing care Anna Zachorowska-Mazurkiewicz11. Afterword: The puzzle of the gift Wilfred Dolfsma

Summary: "Mainstream economics offers a perspective on the gift which is constructed around exchange, axioms of self-interest, instrumental rationality and utility-maximisation - concepts that predominate within conventional forms of economic analysis. Recognising the gift as an example of social practice underpinned by social institutions, this book moves beyond this utilitarian approach to explore perspectives on the gift from social and institutional economics. Through contributions from an international and interdisciplinary cast of authors, the chapters explore key questions such as: what is the relationship between social institutions, on the one hand, and gift, exchange, reciprocity on the other? What are the social mechanisms that underpin gift and gift-giving actions? And finally, what is the relationship between individuals, societies, gift-giving and cooperation? The answers to these questions and others serve to highlight the importance of the analysis of gift in economics and other social sciences. The book also demonstrates the potential of the analysis of the gift to contribute to solving current problems for humanity on various levels of social aggregation. This key text makes a significant contribution to the literature on the gift which will be of interest to readers of heterodox economics, social anthropology, philosophy of economics, sociology, and political philosophy. Stefan Kesting is a Senior Teaching Fellow at Leeds University Business School, UK. Ioana Negru is a Reader in Economics at Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania. Paolo Silvestri is Contract Professor at University of Turin, Italy; Bocconi University, Italy; and Lumière University, Lyon 2, France"-- Provided by publisher.

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"Mainstream economics offers a perspective on the gift which is constructed around exchange, axioms of self-interest, instrumental rationality and utility-maximisation - concepts that predominate within conventional forms of economic analysis. Recognising the gift as an example of social practice underpinned by social institutions, this book moves beyond this utilitarian approach to explore perspectives on the gift from social and institutional economics. Through contributions from an international and interdisciplinary cast of authors, the chapters explore key questions such as: what is the relationship between social institutions, on the one hand, and gift, exchange, reciprocity on the other? What are the social mechanisms that underpin gift and gift-giving actions? And finally, what is the relationship between individuals, societies, gift-giving and cooperation? The answers to these questions and others serve to highlight the importance of the analysis of gift in economics and other social sciences. The book also demonstrates the potential of the analysis of the gift to contribute to solving current problems for humanity on various levels of social aggregation. This key text makes a significant contribution to the literature on the gift which will be of interest to readers of heterodox economics, social anthropology, philosophy of economics, sociology, and political philosophy. Stefan Kesting is a Senior Teaching Fellow at Leeds University Business School, UK. Ioana Negru is a Reader in Economics at Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania. Paolo Silvestri is Contract Professor at University of Turin, Italy; Bocconi University, Italy; and Lumière University, Lyon 2, France"-- Provided by publisher.

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