Bowles / Franzini / Pagano The Politics and Economics of Power

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-1-134-66665-2
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Siena Studies in Political Economy

This edited collection looks at the emerging relationship between politics and economics. The analysis of power relations - traditionally the focus of political science - is becoming increasingly important to economists in order to understand concepts such as the 'contested nature' of market exchanges. These papers examine power relations in the firm and the market place and offer an economic perspective of political relations. The book is divided into three sections:

* politics and power in economic organizations
* the economic analysis of political organizations
* politics, economics and social change
The final section considers how a combination of economic and political tools can be used effectively to analyse social change.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bowles, Samuel

Franzini, Maurizio

Pagano, Ugo

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. Politics and Power in Economic Organizations

The Abuse of Power in Competitive Exchange S. Bowles

Political Corruption and the Market Economy M. Franzini

The Internal Politics of the Firm P. Milgrom and J. Roberts

Is Power an Economic Good? U. Pagano

How Politics Limits Markets: Power, Legitimacy and Choice J. Dunn

2. The Economic Analysis of Political Organizations

Notes on the Economic Analysis of Politics A. Breton

Political Parties and Representative Democracy G. Galeotti

Constitutional Constrained and Safeguarded Competition in Markets and Politics, with reference to a European Constitution V. Vanberg

Political Parties, Pressure Groups and Democracy: A Transaction Cost Theory of Political Institutions D. Wittman

3. The 'Contamination' between Economic and Political Factors in Institutional Changes

The Coming of Nationalism and its Interpretation: The Myths of Nation and Class E. Gellner

Norms of Exclusion R. Hardin

From Expressionism to Kitsch: Ethnic and Intergenerational Conflict and the Rise of Dictatorship R. Wintrobe

Multiple Equilibria, Critical Masses and Intstitutional Change: THe Coup d'Etat Problem U. Witt