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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... social re- lationships in many parts of the world, it has also exacerbated environmental degradation and weakened systems of governance. How do we come to grips with these new challenges? If the devil is in the details, then Professor ...
... social re- lationships in many parts of the world, it has also exacerbated environmental degradation and weakened systems of governance. How do we come to grips with these new challenges? If the devil is in the details, then Professor ...
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... social problems within the market itself . Already competing firms — in both the business and nonprofit sectors — show the potential to set standards for justice and welfare in a system of free markets . The problem that is addressed by ...
... social problems within the market itself . Already competing firms — in both the business and nonprofit sectors — show the potential to set standards for justice and welfare in a system of free markets . The problem that is addressed by ...
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... social and political organization of markets . The current forms of economic analysis no longer work . The mar- ket system is in a process of social reinvention . We propose that a more civil economy will be high on the agenda for ...
... social and political organization of markets . The current forms of economic analysis no longer work . The mar- ket system is in a process of social reinvention . We propose that a more civil economy will be high on the agenda for ...
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... social experience of people in society. People lived in a social relationship, participating with others, sensing from that experience that individual judgments become part of a moral life. Al- though most people did not see that hidden ...
... social experience of people in society. People lived in a social relationship, participating with others, sensing from that experience that individual judgments become part of a moral life. Al- though most people did not see that hidden ...
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... social capital " when they are visible in the market . However , the very emergence of the term social capital suggests that trust is no longer assumed in the marketplace.6 The Death of Civil Society : The Battle for Corporate Dominance ...
... social capital " when they are visible in the market . However , the very emergence of the term social capital suggests that trust is no longer assumed in the marketplace.6 The Death of Civil Society : The Battle for Corporate Dominance ...
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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