Institutional Economics in France and Germany
Subtitle: German Ordoliberalism versus the French Regulation School
By: edited by Agnès Labrousse, Jean-Daniel Weisz
Contributors: Weisz, Jean-Daniel
Series: Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy; Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9783642087448; 9783662044728
Subjects: Electrical engineering; Engineering
Description: German Ordoliberalism and French Regulation theory, two institutionalist theories born in different national contexts, show striking convergences and complementarities. Based on an original comparison, Institutional Economics in France and Germany analyses the basic concepts, the development and the present relevance of both schools, the way they deal with the crucial methodological issue of complexity and with transformation in post-socialist Europe. It underlines the specificity and fruitfulness of these European approaches to institutional economics, often unfortunately ignored in the English-language literature. Written by leading scholars, this book is a clear presentation of both theories, with numerous illustrations and in-depth analysis of recent research developments. This theoretical, methodological and thematic comparison raises central issues in the growing field of socioeconomic and institutionalist theory.
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Table of contents: title: From the contents: Preface; title: Introduction; title: Part A: The German Ordoliberalism and the French Regulation School in their National Contexts; title: Part B: Evolution and Present Relevance of Ordoliberalism; title: Part C: The Methodological Foundations Compared: The Issue of Complexity; title: Part D: Approaches to Transformation; title: List of Authors; title: List of Illustrations; title: Index of Names; title: Index of Subjects.