Essays in Socio-Economics - Amitai Etzioni

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Biographie:
?Amitai Etzioni is a University Professor and Director of the Institute of Communitarian Policy Studies at The George Washington University. He served as a Senior Adviser at the Carter White House and taught at Columbia University for 20 years, as well as Harvard University and the University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of The Spirit of Community, The New Golden Rule, From Empire to Community, and The Good Society, among others, as well as scores of academic and popular articles on communitarianism, including in the Encyclopaedia Britannica....

Sommaire:
Chapter 1: Voluntary Simplicity: Characterization, Select Psychological Implications, and Societal Consequences I. Voluntary Simplicity Characterization II. Psychological Implications: Simplicity and Satiation III. Social Consequences of Voluntary Simplicity Chapter 2: A Communitarian Note on Stakeholder Theory I. 'Private Property' and 'Incorporation' as Social Constructs II. Corporations are the Property of ALL Who Invest in Them III. Mechanisms of Representation: Employees IV. Representation of Other Constituents V. Stakeholders and the Common Good Chapter 3: Opening the Preferences: A Socio-Economic Research Agenda I. Open Preference Introduced II. Economists' Exits III. Co-determination: Defined and Illustrated IV. A Conceptual Clarification: Multi-Faceted and Incompatible V. A Dynamic Approach VI. Preferences: Process vs. Outcome VII. A Preference to Change One's Preference VIII.Societies, Groups, Leadership and Persuasive Advertising IX. Normative Significance Chapter 4: The Case for a Multiple-Utility Conception I. Monoutility: Too Parsimonious II. The Moral 'Utility' III. More Than Two? IV. Challenging Findings and Observations V. Conclusion Chapter 5: Normative-Affective Factors: Toward a New Decision-Making Model I. Normative-Affective Persons II. Toward a N/A Decision-Making Model III. Are N/A Considerations 'Disruptive'? IV. On Definitions, Measurments, and Alternative Interpretations Chapter 6: Mixed-Scanning Revisted I. Mixed-Scanning: Definition and Illustrations II. Operationalization III. Positive and Normative IV. Structural Factors V. Some Evidence VI. In Conclusion Chapter 7: Making Policy for Complex Systems: A Medical Model for Economics I. Rationality and Policymaking II. The Problem of Scientific Fragmentation III. Resynthesis: The Elusive Solution IV. Economics and the Medical Model: The Differences V. Conclusion Chapter 8: The Mapping of Man Chapter 9: Whose Moralty? Which Community? What Interests? Socio-Economic and Communitarian Perspectives by Richard M. Coughlin I. Introduction II. A Brief Recent History of Socio-Economics and Communitarianism III. Points of Divergence between Socio-Economics and Communitarianism IV. The Importance of Political Context V. Missing Pieces VI. Conclusion