Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences

Elster, Jon

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“…Theoretical arguments, however, seemingly assume that low-income or large-income dispersal measured objectively affects people's preferences for economic redistribution via some changes in people's subjective assessment of their economic situation or the situation of their country. This follows from a standard selfinterest or rational choice model (Elster, 1989;Lübker, 2007). Economic strain can be seen as a more direct measure of how people assess their economic situation and would relate more directly to the underlying theoretical model compared to objective income measures.…”

Section: Economic Strainmentioning

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Economic Strain and Public Support for Redistribution: A Comparative Analysis of 28 European Countries

Blekesaune

2012

J. Soc. Pol.

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Is public support for redistribution affected by the number of people experiencing economic strain in a country? This question is investigated by comparing 28 countries in the fourth round of the European Social Survey 2008-2009 using two-level linear regression models. The results show that individuals reporting economic strain support redistribution more strongly than those who do not experience economic strain. Further, individuals living in countries where many other people report economic strain also support redistribution more strongly than individuals living in countries with less economic strain. The latter correlation is not explained by objective measures of the economic situation such as household income or the income dispersal of the country. The country-level effect of economic strain holds for all income levels. It is largely driven by a tendency to strongly believe in redistribution when living in countries of wide-spread economic strain. The results indicate that governments would receive more rather than less public support for redistributive policies during periods of economic strain.

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Section: Economic Strainmentioning

confidence: 99%

Economic Strain and Public Support for Redistribution: A Comparative Analysis of 28 European Countries

Blekesaune

2012

J. Soc. Pol.

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“…They invite an analysis of the power of mediating cognitive structures (Elster 1989;Frey 1990) and an inquiry into areas like the cognitive basis of entrepreneurship, the search for novelty, creativity, and impulse-filtering in organizations.…”

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Evolutionary cognitive economics

Paquet

1998

Information Economics and Policy

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The paper reviews that limitations of the neo-classical economics paradigm in dealing with information: focus on individual rationality, static view of the world, unduly parsimonious characterization of the world of cognition. Then it sketches the contours of an alternative paradigm built on selective rationality, imperfect mental representations, cognitive structures as filters, and an adoption/adaptation dynamics: selection mechanisms adopting certain representations, rationales and conventions, but rules and patterns also adapting to the evolving milieu. The new evolutionary cognitive paradigm is shown to be pregnant with new insights into the structure and functioning of modern economies but also likely to generate some reformulation in our policy prescriptions Classification code:

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“…Si se entiende en general al desequilibrio como una constelación de actores, en la cual ninguna de las partes puede lograr mejores posiciones sin que cambien las acciones de los otros a través de un cambio en las propias acciones (Elster 1989: 101 y ss. ), entonces el desequilibrio significa: los cambios en el comportamiento del otro en particular requieren de cambios en el comportamiento del propio actor y así sucesivamente, casi como en un perpetuum mobile.…”

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La sociedad moderna: una sociedad capitalista funcionalmente diferenciada

Schimank¹

2013

Revista MAD

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ResumenEl presente artículo presenta la idea teórica relativa a que la sociedad moderna puede ser concebida como una sociedad capitalista sin contradecir su caracterización como sociedad funcionalmente diferenciada. Propondremos para ello un modelo analítico de una sociedad capitalista basado en tres componentes. El primero de ellos refiere a estructuras y dinámicas intersistémicas mediadas por el dinero, las cuales son específicas de las relaciones entre la economía moderna y otros subsistemas sociales. El segundo componente identifica a los mercados como estructuras de gobernanza intrasistémicas que poseen dinámicas peculiares, las cuales no pueden ser encontradas en otros subsistemas de la sociedad moderna. Ambos componentes están íntimamente ligados: sólo debido a que los sucesos intrasistémicos de la economía irradian profundas repercusiones intersistémicas hacia los otros subsistemas sociales, es posible hablar de una sociedad capitalista producida por una economía capitalista. Estos dos componentes se encuentran acompañados por un tercero: dado que vivimos en una sociedad capitalista, ésta moldea nuestras acciones como un patrón cultural general de orientación y se convierte, de esta manera, en una profecía autocumplida.Palabras Clave: Diferenciación Funcional; Capitalismo; Sociedad Moderna; Economía;Teoría de Sistemas Sociales AbstractThis contribution presents the theoretical idea that modern society can be conceived of as a capitalist society without contradiction to its characterization as functionally differentiated. A three-component analytical model of capitalist society is proposed. The first component refers to inter-systemic structures and dynamics mediated by money which are peculiar to the relations of the modern economy to the other societal sub-systems. The second component identifies markets as intra-systemic governance structures of the economy with peculiar dynamics that cannot be found in other sub-systems of modern society. Both components are interrelated: Only because the intra-systemic structures and dynamics of the economy have profound inter-systemic repercussions in all other sub-systems, one can speak of a capitalist society brought about by a capitalist economy. These two components are accompanied by a third one: that we live in a capitalist society shapes, as a general cultural pattern of orientation, our actions and thereby becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences

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Economic Strain and Public Support for Redistribution: A Comparative Analysis of 28 European Countries

Economic Strain and Public Support for Redistribution: A Comparative Analysis of 28 European Countries

Evolutionary cognitive economics

La sociedad moderna: una sociedad capitalista funcionalmente diferenciada

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