This book investigates cases in which national and international activities have gone massively wrong, entailing seriously negative consequences, and in which the sophisticated analytical models of social science have ceased to be helpful. Illustrations range from the global fin…
This fascinating volume offers a critique of recent institutional and cultural turns in heterodox economics and political economy. Using seven case studies as examples, the authors explore how research on sense- and meaning-making can deepen critical studies in political economy…
"This study offers both an explanation of the formation of preferences and a significant elaboration of the economic theory of institutional change. It will engage and enlighten scholars and students of the social sciences, especially those with an interest in consumption, insti…
"This book is the meeting point of two seemingly incongruous schools of theoretical thought: that of institutional theory and the literature of innovation. Whereas the former struggles with explaining the mere existence of innovation, the latter has not been able to fully explai…
This text discusses some of the most challenging ideas emerging out of the research programme on institutional diversity associated with the 2009 co-recipient of 2009 Nobel Prize in economics, Elinor Ostrom, while outlining a set of new research directions and an original interp…
This text discusses some of the most challenging ideas emerging out of the research programme on institutional diversity associated with the 2009 co-recipient of 2009 Nobel Prize in economics, Elinor Ostrom, while outlining a set of new research directions and an original interp…
