A Civil Economy: Transforming the Marketplace in the Twenty-First CenturyUniversity of Michigan Press, 2009 M11 10 - 328 pages A civil society is one in which a democratic government and a market economy operate together. The idea of the civil economy--encompassing a democratic government and a market economy--presumes that people can solve social problems within the market itself. This book explores the relationship between the two, examining the civil underpinnings of capitalism and investigating the way a civil economy evolves in history and is developed for the future by careful planning. Severyn T. Bruyn describes how people in three sectors--government, business, and the Third Sector (nonprofits and civil groups)--can develop an accountable, self-regulating, profitable, humane, and competitive system of markets that could be described as a civil economy. He examines how government officials can organize markets to reduce government costs; how local leaders deal with global corporations that would unfairly exploit their community resources; and how employees can become coparticipants in the development of human values in markets. A Civil Economy is oriented to interdiciplinary studies of the economy, assisting scholars in diverse fields, such as business management, sociology, political science, and economics, in developing a common language to examine civic problems in the marketplace. As an undergraduate text, it evokes a mode of thought about the development of a self-accountable system of markets. Students learn to understand how the market economy becomes socially accountable and self-reliant, while remaining productive, competitive, and profitable. Sveryn T. Bruyn is Professor of Sociology, Boston College. |
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... civil economy : transforming the market in the twenty - first century / Severyn T. Bruyn . p . cm . ( Evolving values ... Civil society . 8. Twenty - first century . I. Title . II . Series . HB501.B8453 2000 338.9 - dc21 99-046137 ISBN13 ...
... civil economy : transforming the market in the twenty - first century / Severyn T. Bruyn . p . cm . ( Evolving values ... Civil society . 8. Twenty - first century . I. Title . II . Series . HB501.B8453 2000 338.9 - dc21 99-046137 ISBN13 ...
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... civil society and unleashed their latent power to transform. This process of readjustment and re-engineering has proven to be a great deal more complicated than we imagined. Nothing has been automatic or natural. The globalization of ...
... civil society and unleashed their latent power to transform. This process of readjustment and re-engineering has proven to be a great deal more complicated than we imagined. Nothing has been automatic or natural. The globalization of ...
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... civil society must play in the fu- ture if we are to avoid the tragic mistakes of the past . This book points toward an ideal in which both government and business exist to serve the people rather than the other way around . people ...
... civil society must play in the fu- ture if we are to avoid the tragic mistakes of the past . This book points toward an ideal in which both government and business exist to serve the people rather than the other way around . people ...
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... society. This optimism is based on a wealth of illustrations of businesses that have already acted in just such a manner. On the other hand, however, Dr. Bruyn strongly emphasizes that the legal ... civil society x Series Foreword.
... society. This optimism is based on a wealth of illustrations of businesses that have already acted in just such a manner. On the other hand, however, Dr. Bruyn strongly emphasizes that the legal ... civil society x Series Foreword.
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... civil economy develops , embedded as it is within civil society . Over the centuries , philosophers have debated the idea of civil soci- ety . The idea was gradually defined with two basic components : a demo- cratic government and a ...
... civil economy develops , embedded as it is within civil society . Over the centuries , philosophers have debated the idea of civil soci- ety . The idea was gradually defined with two basic components : a demo- cratic government and a ...
Contents
Part II A Developing Economy | 85 |
Part III A Global Economy | 179 |
Great Ideas in the Academy | 231 |
Notes | 247 |
Index | 301 |
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