Transformation, agency and the economy : the case for a grounded economics / Lukas Bäuerle.
"Producing, buying, selling, inventing, destroying, caring, imagining, failing - with their everyday practices, people bring about what we call 'the economy'. In order to both understand and transform these practices in the context of mounting socio-ecological challenges, respective k...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
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2023.
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| Series: | Economics and humanities.
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| Summary: | "Producing, buying, selling, inventing, destroying, caring, imagining, failing - with their everyday practices, people bring about what we call 'the economy'. In order to both understand and transform these practices in the context of mounting socio-ecological challenges, respective knowledge on economic practices becomes crucial. Yet, when it comes to the respective scientific discipline - economics - such knowledge is limited due to a long-standing tradition of favouring abstraction and modelling over assessing real-world economic action. By contrast, this book outlines the contours of an economics grounded in real-world phenomena and experiences by outlining the foundations of a Grounded Economics. Drawing on the philosophical traditions of pragmatism, phenomenology and critical realism, and basic concepts from institutional thought and social scientific practice theories, the book provides a consistent framework to grasp the economy as an 'unfolding process'. By putting forward a strong account of economic agency, the framework allows to identify and differentiate between different pathways for a social transformation. The book addresses readers from all branches of the social sciences seeking a new vision for economic research particularly within political economy, heterodox economics, science studies and economic sociology"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (119 pages) : color illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781003371687 100337168X 9781000916713 1000916715 9781000916737 1000916731 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 05, 2023). |
| Biographical or Historical Data: | Lukas Bũerle is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Hamburg. He obtained his doctoral degree at the University of Flensburg with a thesis on a praxeological foundation of economics. His main research interests are institutional economics, social theories of practice as well as economic education and the role of economic knowledge in societal transitions. Lukas Bũerle is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Hamburg. He obtained his doctoral degree at the University of Flensburg with a thesis on a praxeological foundation of economics. His main research interests are institutional economics, social theories of practice as well as economic education and the role of economic knowledge in societal transitions. |