This book examines utopias in classical political economy and is based on the papers presented by leading scholars at the 22nd Heilbronn Symposium in the Economics and the Social Sciences. The book focuses on the tension between the State and utopia (the State as utopia vs. utopia instead of a state). The contributors also study the question of whether seafaring and landlocked states visualize the commonwealth differently and develop different utopias, and it is concluded they do not. The volume therefore follows the refutation of the Schumpeterian Hypothesis that more concentrated industries stimulate innovation. Though the hypothesis is refuted it still remains important, the chapters argue, because it charts out an entire research program, serves as a benchmark of definite public and private sector boundaries, and defines the grammar of discourse for constitutional economic policy in OECD states. These themes are explored in detail through contributions by economists, philosophers, and social historians. The contributors examine utopias hitherto never or rarely reviewed in the English language, making this book of interest to students and scholars in economics, political science and the history of economic thought.
Produktkennzeichnungen
Herausgeber
Jürgen Georg Backhaus
ISBN-10
1441974997
ISBN-13
9781441974990
eBay Product ID (ePID)
163031251
Produkt Hauptmerkmale
Produktart
Lehrbuch
Sprache
Englisch
Anzahl der Seiten
X Seiten
Verlag
Springer-Verlag Gmbh, Springer Us
Publikationsname
The State As Utopia
Autor
Jürgen Georg Backhaus
Format
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsjahr
2010
Zusätzliche Produkteigenschaften
Hörbuch
No
Item Length
24cm
Item Height
2cm
Item Width
16cm
Nummer Innerhalb der Serie
9
Item Weight
475g
Buchreihe
The European Heritage in Economics And The Social Sciences