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Theory of Action (in English)

Class at Faculty of Social Sciences |
JSM114

Syllabus

* Brief program - Lectures and Literature

1. INTRODUCTION INTO THE ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY Syllabus, Granovetter: A Theoretical Agenda for Economic Sociology, 2001 * Theme 1 MODELS OF MAN

2. HOMO OECONOMICUS IN NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMY Coase: Adam Smith's View of Man. 1994

3. CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL VIEW OF MAN: WEBER, PARETO Weber: Basic Concepts of Sociology

4. MODEL OF THE GIFT GIVER AND HOMO SPECTATUS Mauss: The Gift. 1966

5. SEMANTICS OF THE EXISTENTIAL PRINCIPLE OF MOTION Kabele: Essay of the same name (fragment) * Theme 2 THEORY OF CHOICE

6. THE PROBLEM OF RATIONALITY IN SOCIOLOGY Habermas: The Theory of Communicative Action or Bourdieu: Outline of the Theory of Practice,

7. THE EXTENSION OF RATIONAL CHOICE Becker: Economic Way of Looking at Behavior (Nobel lecture)

8. ECONOMICAL REVISIONS OF THEORY RATIONAL CHOICE Simon: Theories of Bounded Rationality or Williamson: Market and Hierarchy,

9. THE CONCEPT OF EMBEDEDDNESS AND SOCIOLOGICAL REVISIONS OF RATIONAL CHOICE Granovetter: Economic Action and Social Structure: The problem of Embededness,

10. HEURISTIC CHOICE Kabele: Essay of the same name * Theme 3 CHOICE AND TRANSACTION COST

11. THEORY OF TRANSACTIONS AND THEIR COSTS Commons: Institutional Economics. Its Place in Political Economy. 1989

12. TRANSACTION COSTS AND REALIZING OPPORTUNITIES Kabele: Essay of the same name

13. OVERVIEW OF BASIC THEMES Granovetter: A Theoretical Agenda for Economic Sociology Odborná literatura:

1. Becker, Gary.

1976. The Economic Approach to Human Behavior. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

2. ---.

1997. Teorie Preferencí. Praha: Liberální institut.

3. Bourdieu, Pierre.

1998. Teorie Jednání. Praha : Karolinum.

4. Buchanan, James.

1969. Cost and Choice. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Chicago: The University of Chicaco Press.

5. Coase, Ronald.

1988. The Nature of the Firm. Pp. 33-56 in The Firm, the Market and the Law, Ronald Coase. Chicago: The University Chicago Press.

6. ---.

1994. Adam Smith's View of Man. Pp. 95-118 in Essays on Economics, Ronald Coase. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

7. Coleman, James.

1990. The Foundation of Social Theory. London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.

8. Commons, John.

1989. Institutional Economics. Its Place in Political Economy. London: Transaction Publishers.

9. Granovetter, Mark.

1985. Economic Action and Social Structure. American Journal of Sociology 91:481-510.

10. Hirschman, Albert.

1970. Exit, Voice, and Loyalty. Cambridge, Mass-: Harvard Univ. Pres.

11. Hlaváček, Jiří.

1999. Mikroekonomie sounáležitosti se společenstvím. Praha: Karolinum.

12. Hodgson, G.

1993. Transaction Costs and the Evolution of the Firm . Pp. 77-100 in Transactions Costs, Markets and Hierarchies, ed. Ch. Pitelis. Oxford: Blackwell.

13. Kabele, Jiří.

1999. Sebepojímání rozhodovatel?, sounáležitost a protivnictví. Pp. 42-65 in Mikroekonomie sounáležitosti se společenstvím, ed. Jiří Hlaváček. Praha: Karolinum.

14. Kabele, Jiří.

2000. Transakce, sociální vztahy a koordinační instituty. Filipov II, ed. Josef Kandert. Praha: Institut sociologických studií, UK FSV.

15. Knight, Frank.

1921. Risk, Uncertainty, and Profit . New York: Hart, Schaffner, and Marx.

16. Mauss, Marcel.

1966. The Gift. Allen: Unwin.

17. Menger, Carl.

1976. Principles of Economics. New York and London: New York University Press.

18. Mises, Ludvwig v.

1963. Human Action. Contemporary Books: Chicago. University of Chicago Press

19. Polanyi, Károly.

1944. The Great Transformation. New York: Holt, Rinehart.

20. Sahlins, M. Stone Age Economics.

21. Simon, Herbert.

1957. Models of Man. New York : John Wiley and Sons.

22. Smelser, Neil and R. Swedberg.

1984. The Handbook of Economic Sociology. New York: Princeton University Press.

23. Smith, Adam.

1759. The Theory of Moral Sentiments. London.

24. ---.

1930. Wealth of Nations. London: E. Cannon.

1981.

26. Weber, Max.

1968. Economy and Society. New York: Bedminster Press.

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