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1 online resource (240 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; PREFACE TO THE TRANSACTION EDITION; INTRODUCTION; 1. THE INVISIBLE HAND; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Spontaneous Patterns; 1.3 The Explanatory Status of Invisible-Hand Processes; 1.4 Intendedly Rational Actors; 1.5 Motivational Assumptions; 2. PROCESSES OF SPONTANEOUS PATTERNS; 2.1 Situational Logics; 2.2 Aggregation; Bilateral-Interaction Situations; Multilateral-Interaction Situations; Conclusions; 2.3 Evolutionary Selection; Natural Selection; Diffused Reinforcement; The Role of the Environment; The Critique of Functionalism; Conclusions |
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3. CIVIL SOCIETY3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Conventions; Internalization; Conclusions; 3.3 Communities and Social Norms; Processes of Aggregation; Selection Processes; Conclusions; Implications for Voluntary Organizations; 3.4 Markets and Prices; The Market Process; The Invisible Hands in Markets; Conclusions; 3.5 Sources of Disorder; Conclusions; 3.6 The Introduction of the State; 4. THE EMERGENCE OF THE ""WELFARE"" STATE; 4.1 Introduction; An Unconstrained Democracy; The Relation to Earlier Research; 4.2 The Logic of Conceit; Policy-Caused Social Problems; Social Justice; Effects on Civil Society |
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Conclusions4.3 The Logic of Opportunism; Narrow Special Interests; Myopic Decisions; The Democratic Techniques; Conclusions; 4.4 A Synthesis; 4.5 The State of State; 5. IMPERFECT ALTERNATIVES; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 A Contractarian Perspective; 5.3 The State, Markets or Communities?; Social Order; Prosperity; The Position of the Weak and Unfortunate; Democratic Values; Conclusions; 5.4 Prospects for the Desired Changes; REFERENCES |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Karlson, Nils
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| ISBN |
9781351320559 |
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1351320556 |
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