| View Larger Image | Markets, Hierarchies and Networks: The Coordination of Social Life (Published in association with The Open University) | Paperbackby Professor Grahame Thompson (Editor), Jennifer Frances (Editor), Professor Rosalind Levacic (Editor), Dr Jeremy C Mitchell (Editor)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd | | Edition: | illustrated editionth Edition | | Page Count: | 312 Pages | | Publication Date: | December 30, 1991 | | Sales Rank: | 631,617st |
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This innovative textbook offers an original approach to the central questions of the coordination of social, economic and political life.Traditionally, the organization of social life has been studied in comparative isolation from specific disciplinary bases. Markets, Hierarchies and Networks draws on a cross-disciplinary range of material to offer a distinctive introduction to understanding how societies, polities and economies work. Prominent authors examine three quite different models of social coordination: markets, hierarchies and networks. Drawing on a wide range of sources, they illustrate the characteristics of each of these models - how they work, what are their strengths, and what are their likely limitations. The three are placed in a comparative framework which offers a comprehensive overview of the mechanisms of coordination at work in different social contexts.Bringing together for the first time a series of key texts in the understanding of social coordination, this book will be an essential text for students of interdisciplinary social science. Its wide-ranging analysis will also make it invaluable to students of sociology, economics, geography, politics and related social sciences. Markets, Hierarchies and Networks is a set book on The Open University course D212 Running the Country. |
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