The politics of economic activity / Andy Smith.
This title confronts head-on deeply rooted understandings of how politics affects economics. It proposes a robust, incisive alternative definition of politics: the mobilisation of values to change or reproduce the institutions that orientate, and indeed make possible, economic activity. Drawing upon...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press,
2016.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | This title confronts head-on deeply rooted understandings of how politics affects economics. It proposes a robust, incisive alternative definition of politics: the mobilisation of values to change or reproduce the institutions that orientate, and indeed make possible, economic activity. Drawing upon constructivist strands of institutionalism, political sociology, and industrial economics, this definition generates an analytical framework for understanding the 'political work' that constantly orientates the behaviour of both firms and public authorities. |
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| Item Description: | This edition previously issued in print: 2016. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191830136 (ebook) |
| DOI: | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198788157.001.0001 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 5, 2016) |