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- A Civil Economy: Transforming the Marketplace in the Twenty-First Century
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: University of Michigan Press
- Series: Evolving Values for a Capitalist World
summary
A civil society is one in which a democratic government and a market economy operate together. The idea of the civil economy--encompassing a democratic government and a market economy--presumes that people can solve social problems within the market itself. This book explores the relationship between the two, examining the civil underpinnings of capitalism and investigating the way a civil economy evolves in history and is developed for the future by careful planning.
Severyn T. Bruyn describes how people in three sectors--government, business, and the Third Sector (nonprofits and civil groups)--can develop an accountable, self-regulating, profitable, humane, and competitive system of markets that could be described as a civil economy. He examines how government officials can organize markets to reduce government costs; how local leaders deal with global corporations that would unfairly exploit their community resources; and how employees can become coparticipants in the development of human values in markets.
A Civil Economy is oriented to interdiciplinary studies of the economy, assisting scholars in diverse fields, such as business management, sociology, political science, and economics, in developing a common language to examine civic problems in the marketplace.
As an undergraduate text, it evokes a mode of thought about the development of a self-accountable system of markets. Students learn to understand how the market economy becomes socially accountable and self-reliant, while remaining productive, competitive, and profitable.
Sveryn T. Bruyn is Professor of Sociology, Boston College.
Severyn T. Bruyn describes how people in three sectors--government, business, and the Third Sector (nonprofits and civil groups)--can develop an accountable, self-regulating, profitable, humane, and competitive system of markets that could be described as a civil economy. He examines how government officials can organize markets to reduce government costs; how local leaders deal with global corporations that would unfairly exploit their community resources; and how employees can become coparticipants in the development of human values in markets.
A Civil Economy is oriented to interdiciplinary studies of the economy, assisting scholars in diverse fields, such as business management, sociology, political science, and economics, in developing a common language to examine civic problems in the marketplace.
As an undergraduate text, it evokes a mode of thought about the development of a self-accountable system of markets. Students learn to understand how the market economy becomes socially accountable and self-reliant, while remaining productive, competitive, and profitable.
Sveryn T. Bruyn is Professor of Sociology, Boston College.
Table of Contents
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- Series Foreword
- pp. ix-x
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xvii-xviii
- Part I. An Evolving Economy
- 1. The Moral Economy
- pp. 3-34
- 2. Systems of Accountability
- pp. 35-59
- 3. A Community-Oriented Economy
- pp. 60-84
- Part II. A Developing Economy
- 4. A Theory of Civil Privatization
- pp. 87-116
- 5. The Practice of Civil Privatization
- pp. 117-146
- 6. Civil Associations
- pp. 147-178
- Part III. A Global Economy
- 7. Problems in Global Markets
- pp. 181-204
- 8. Toward a Global Civil Economy
- pp. 205-230
- Appendix: Great Ideas in the Academy
- pp. 231-246
Additional Information
ISBN
9780472023714
Related ISBN(s)
9780472067060, 9780472097067
MARC Record
OCLC
655260217
Pages
326
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No