Evolution of Institutional Economics

Name: Evolution of Institutional Economics
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

This book charts the rise, fall and renewal of institutional economics in the critical, analytical and readable style that Hodgson's fans have come to know and love, and that a new generation of readers will surely come to appreciate. > \nThis exciting new book from Geoffrey Hodgson is eagerly awaited by social scientists from many different backgrounds. This book charts the rise, fall and renewal of institutional economics in the critical, analytical and readable style that Hodgson's fans have come to know and love, and that a new generation of readers will surely come to appreciate. > PART I Introduction 1 Nature and scope 2 Agency and structure 3 Objections and explanations PART II Darwinism and the Victorian social sciences 4 Charles Darwin, Herbert Spencer and the human species 5 Precursors of emergence and multiple-level evolution PART III Veblenian institutionalism 6 The beginnings of Veblenian institutionalism 7 The Darwinian mind of Thorstein Veblen 8 Veblen\u2019s evo.