Institutions in action: the nature and the role of institutions in the real world$jTiziana Andina, Petar Bojanić (editors)

Chapter 1. Introduction (Tiziana Andina) -- Chapter 2. A Theory of Social Institutions (Raimo Tuomela) -- Chapter 3. Institutions and Functions (Francesco Guala) -- Chapter 4. Institutional Externalism (Giuliano Torrengo) -- Chapter 5. Epistemic Virtues of Institutions (Snježana Prijić-Samaržia) -- Chapter 6. What Is an Act of Engagement? Social, Collegial and Institutional Protocols (Petar Bojanić) -- Chapter 7. Play it by Trust: Social Trust, Political Institutions and Leisure (Nebojša Zelić) -- Chapter 8. Individual Morality and the Morality of Institutions (Thomas Michael Scanlon) -- Chapter 9. Transgenerational Actions and Institutions (Tiziana Andina) -- Chapter 10. From Capital to Documediality (Maurizio Ferraris) -- Chapter 11. The Basis of European Cooperation (Jonathan Wolff) -- Chapter 12. Ways of Compromise-building in a World of Institutions (Emmanuel Picavet).

Intro -- The Importance of Institutions in Social Reality -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Social Corporations as Social Institutions -- 1.1 Summary: Social Corporations Function as Extended Social Institutions. -- References -- Chapter 2: Institutions and Functions -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 A (Very Short) Theory of Institutions -- 2.3 Institutions and Functions -- 2.4 Tokens, Types, and Clusters of Functions -- 2.5 Institutional Change and Reform -- References -- Chapter 3: Epistemic Virtues of Institutions -- 3.1 Institution as a Collective Entity -- 3.2 Institution: From a Collective Entity to Collective Agents -- 3.3 Collective Epistemology Meets Virtue Epistemology -- 3.4 The Epistemic Virtue of Institutions -- References -- Chapter 4: What Is an Act of Engagement? Between the Social, Collegial and Institutional Protocols -- References -- Chapter 5: Play It by Trust: Social Trust, Political Institutions and Leisure -- 5.1 Trust, Institutions and Social Inclusion -- 5.2 Trust and Social Trust -- 5.3 Institutional Arrangements and Social Trust -- 5.4 Institutions, Leisure and Social Inclusion -- 5.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Individual Morality and the Morality of Institutions -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Diverse Understandings of Morality (A Slight Digression) -- 6.3 A Preliminary Question About the Morality of Institutions and its Relation to Individual Morality -- 6.4 Justice and Duties to Comply with Institutions -- 6.5 Unjust Institutions -- 6.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: States and Transgenerational Actions -- 7.1 Basic Transgenerationality -- 7.2 Secondary Transgenerationality -- 7.3 States -- 7.3.1 Ontology of the State -- 7.3.1.1 How States Can Preserve Themselves over Time: Matters of Fact -- 7.3.1.2 How States Can Preserve Themselves Over Time: Matters of Law -- Collective Actions: A Taxonomy -- References.