Economics and Social Interaction
Accounting for Interpersonal Relations
Robert Sugden editor Benedetto Gui editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:15th Sep '05
Currently unavailable, currently targeted to be due back around 2nd December 2024, but could change
This hardback is available in another edition too:
- Paperback£38.99(9780521169554)
An innovative 2005 study exploring what economics can tell us about interpersonal relationships.
An important 2005 contribution to a growing research agenda that applies traditional economic concepts to the realm of interpersonal relationships. The authors combine analytical rigour with sensitivity to the insights of other social science traditions resulting in a book devoid of polemics that will attract a wide interdisciplinary readership.First published in 2005, Economics and Social Interaction is a fresh attempt to overcome the traditional inability of economics to deal with interpersonal phenomena that occur within the sphere of markets and productive organizations. It makes use of traditional economic concepts for understanding interpersonal events, while venturing beyond those concepts to give a better account of personalised interactions. In contrast to other books, Economics and Social Interaction offers the reader a rigorous effort at extending economic analysis to a difficult field in a consistent manner, sensitive to insights from other behavioural and social sciences. This collection represents an important contribution to a growing research agenda in the social sciences.
Review of the hardback: 'If you believe that the subject of interpersonal relations lies outside the domain of economics, this rich volume will persuade you otherwise. This is interdisciplinary scholarship at its best.' Robert H. Frank, Cornell University
Review of the hardback: 'For too long both the study of social interactions and the discipline of economics have been impoverished by a radical separation between these two fields of inquiry. In this important new volume Gui, Sugden, and the other contributors creatively explore many fundamental ways in which sociality and economics are linked. Their insights will be valuable for scholars across the social sciences.' Robert Putnam, Harvard University
Review of the hardback: 'Economics and Social Interaction is an excellent examination of the important idea that humans value social relations per se. It bridges the seemingly contradictory tenets of rational choice theory and the mechanisms behind social capital, altruism, and reciprocity. It establishes an exciting dialog between economics and sociology, and shows the directions where these interdisciplinary studies will lead.' Ernst Fehr, Director of the Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, University of Zürich
Review of the hardback: 'This is a very good, coherent book, which is very interesting …' Review of Australian Economics
Review of the hardback: '… the book is an instructive introduction to one of the most relevant topics of economic theory in the coming years.' Economics and Philosophy
ISBN: 9780521848848
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
Weight: 640g
316 pages