Este livro é uma introdução ao campo da cultura do consumo. Mais especificamente, enfoca
as teorias da cultura do consumo e as questões em torno das quais as pessoas …

This paper looks at the policy implications of viewing innovation as a systemic phenomenon.
The first section provides a brief overview of conceptual approaches used in the recent …

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall we have been told that no alternative to Western capitalism is
possible or desirable. This book challenges this view with two arguments. First, the above …

Citizenship and consumption have frequently been regarded as oppositional and even
mutually exclusive domains of activity and theory. Recent consumption practices and …

Sally Baden is a socio-economist working on gender issues, with specialist interests in
economic reform, markets and poverty. For the past six years, she has been manager of the …

After articulating the institutionalist paradigm and its principal facets, the article examines the
present status, converging interests and possible future of institutional economics. Emphasis …

A natureza é a única limitante do processo econômico. Este talvez tenha sido o principal
alerta que Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen lançou à comunidade científica e, principalmente …

The past fifty years have witnessed the triumph of an industrial development that has
engendered great social and environmental costs. Conventional economics has too often …

Angesichts der enormen ökonomischen Probleme, in denen sich Europa heute gegenüber
sieht, kommt der Innovationsökonomik eine immer wichtigere Rolle zu. Dieses Buch bietet …

This article examines the type of economic analyses of capitalism presented by leading
exponents of the neoclassical, marxian, Austrian and institu‐tionalist schools of economic …