Open Corporation: Effective Self-Regulation and Democracy
Author: Christine Parker
There is no legal or socially responsible action by corporations without self-management of responsibility. This study presents an innovative and realistic proposal for effective corporate self-regulation. Based on extensive fieldwork in Europe, the U.S. and Australia, Christine Parker sets out practical strategies for managers, stakeholders and regulators to build successful self-regulation management systems. The book contributes to policy debates on regulation and deregulation, corporate social responsibility and deliberative democracy from a distinct angle.
See also: David Buschs Quick Snap Guide to Using Digital SLR Lenses or Real World SharePoint 2007
Reflection Without Rules: Economic Methodology and Contemporary Science Theory
Author: D Wade Hands
Reflection without Rules offers a comprehensive, pointed exploration of the methodological tradition in economics and the breakdown of the received view within the philosophy of science. Professor Hands investigates economists' use of naturalistic and sociological paradigms to model economic phenomena and assesses the roles of pragmatism, discourse, and situatedness in discussions of economic practice before turning to a systematic exploration of more recent developments in economic methodology. The treatment emphasizes the changes taking place in science theory and its relationship to the movement away from a rules-based view of economic methodology.
Table of Contents:
Preface | ||
1 | Introduction | 1 |
1.1 | Economic Methodology | 3 |
1.2 | Contemporary Science Theory | 4 |
1.3 | Changing the Subject | 6 |
1.4 | A Reader's Guide | 8 |
2 | The Methodological Tradition in Economics | 13 |
2.1 | The Millian Tradition in Economic Methodology | 14 |
2.2 | Variations on Positivist Themes | 48 |
3 | The Breakdown of the Received View within the Philosophy of Science | 70 |
3.1 | The Received View within the Philosophy of Science | 72 |
3.2 | The Attack on the Received View | 95 |
3.3 | First Round Responses | 110 |
3.4 | Setting the Stage for the Naturalistic Turn | 125 |
4 | The Naturalistic Turn | 128 |
4.1 | Naturalizing Epistemology | 130 |
4.2 | Psychology and the Cognitive Approach to Knowledge | 141 |
4.3 | Encouragement from Darwin: Evolutionary Epistemology | 154 |
4.4 | Eliminative Materialism and the Philosophy of Mind | 165 |
5 | The Sociological Turn | 172 |
5.1 | Society and Scientific Knowledge | 175 |
5.2 | The Sociology of Scientific Knowledge | 186 |
5.3 | Nature, Society, SSK, and Economics | 199 |
6 | Pragmatism, Discourse, and Situatedness | 213 |
6.1 | The Pragmatic Turn | 215 |
6.2 | Neopragmatism and the Discursive Turn | 241 |
6.3 | Feminist Epistemology and Economics | 260 |
7 | Recent Developments in Economic Methodology | 274 |
7.1 | The Popperian Tradition | 275 |
7.2 | The Millian Tradition | 304 |
7.3 | Realist Themes | 320 |
7.4 | Cognitive and Semantic Themes | 334 |
8 | The Economic Turn | 353 |
8.1 | The Economic Turn in Contemporary Science Theory | 354 |
8.2 | The Economics of Science | 361 |
8.3 | The Economics of Scientific Knowledge (ESK) | 365 |
8.4 | Some Final Thoughts on the Economic Turn | 388 |
9 | Conclusion | 393 |
9.1 | Lessons from the New Economic Methodology | 396 |
9.2 | A Few Issues of Concern | 402 |
Refernces | 408 | |
Web Sites | 460 | |
Index | 463 |
No comments:
Post a Comment