Social Institutions

In: Sociology and Economics: Controversy and Integration

Abstract

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATIONS OF NORMS AND INSTITUTIONS -- 1. THE EMERGENCE OF COOPERATIVE SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- 2. THE EMERGENCE OF NORMS -- 3. THE COSTS OF ORGANIZING SOCIAL COOPERATION -- 4. INDIVIDUAL INTERESTS AND MORAL INSTITUTIONS: AN ENDOGENOUS APPROACH TO THE MODIFICATION OF PREFERENCES -- 5. THE ATTENUATION OF CUSTOMS -- 6. THE KULA: SOCIAL ORDER, BARTER AND CEREMONIAL EXCHANGE -- PART II: THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF INSTITUTIONS -- 7. A COMPARATIVE INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS IN THE ARTS: THE THEATER -- 8. CULTURAL RESOURCES AND PARTICIPATION IN HIGH CULTURE -- 9. THE WELFARE STATE AND UNEMPLOYMENT: A THEORETICAL ANALYSIS -- PART III: THE EFFECTS OF INSTITUTIONS IN A MULTIPLEX SOCIETAL CONTEXT -- 10. PATRONAGE: AN INSTITUTION IN ITS OWN RIGHT -- 11. THE POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY OF FASCIST PARTY MEMBERSHIP IN GERMANY AND ITALY -- 12. INCENTIVES, GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT IN CHINESE COLLECTIVE AGRICULTURE -- 13. TOWARD A THEORY OF UNION EMERGENCE AND DEMISE -- 14. INTRAFAMILIAL MARKETS FOR EDUCATION IN JAPAN -- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX