Competition, Coordination, Social Order

The author analyses competition as one of four coordinating mechanisms helping agents mutually to orientate their actions, avoid chaos, and produce social order. He also evaluates the theory of competition to explore such topics as corporate social responsibility, relations between government, and reflexivity in social sciences.

Autorentext

Jacek Giedroj studied economics in Poland and New Zealand. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a PhD from the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Inhalt

Discretion Power Freedom Coordinating mechanisms Community Hierarchy Deliberation Strategy Leadership Norms Values Institutionalization Social structure and change Reflexivity Subjectivity Rational choice Perfect competition Radical uncertainty Ordo-liberalism Corporate social responsibility