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A Civil Economy: Transforming the Marketplace in the Twenty-First Century
University of Michigan Press, 2000 eISBN: 978-0-472-02371-4 | Paper: 978-0-472-06706-0 | Cloth: 978-0-472-09706-7 Library of Congress Classification HB501.B8453 2000 Dewey Decimal Classification 338.9
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
A civil society is one in which a democratic government and a market economy operate together. The idea of the civil economy--encompassing a democratic government and a market economy--presumes that people can solve social problems within the market itself. This book explores the relationship between the two, examining the civil underpinnings of capitalism and investigating the way a civil economy evolves in history and is developed for the future by careful planning.
Severyn T. Bruyn describes how people in three sectors--government, business, and the Third Sector (nonprofits and civil groups)--can develop an accountable, self-regulating, profitable, humane, and competitive system of markets that could be described as a civil economy. He examines how government officials can organize markets to reduce government costs; how local leaders deal with global corporations that would unfairly exploit their community resources; and how employees can become coparticipants in the development of human values in markets. A Civil Economy is oriented to interdiciplinary studies of the economy, assisting scholars in diverse fields, such as business management, sociology, political science, and economics, in developing a common language to examine civic problems in the marketplace. As an undergraduate text, it evokes a mode of thought about the development of a self-accountable system of markets. Students learn to understand how the market economy becomes socially accountable and self-reliant, while remaining productive, competitive, and profitable. Sveryn T. Bruyn is Professor of Sociology, Boston College. See other books on: Business Development | Civil society | International business enterprises | International trade | Twenty - First Century See other titles from University of Michigan Press |
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