Das Menschenbild des Homo oeconomicus steht in der Kritik: Die Orientierung an diesem Leitbild entspreche auf der einen Seite nicht dem tatsaechlichen menschlichen Verhalten, stifte aber auf der anderen Seite zu egoistischem Handeln an. Zwar werden in der juengeren Vergangenheit...

This book offers an extensive and original study of the dynamics of rivalry, evolution of costly and violent conflicts, and potential cooperation among powerful players. It unravels the special features of the global socio-economic system that can make it extremely fragile and vulnerable. It...

Using detailed data on friendship networks within neighborhoods, we investigate the importance of social interactions in one’s own residential neighborhood in the demand for housing quality. We find evidence consistent with the presence of peer effects, especially for households living in...

The aim of this study is to analyze the influence of the political discourse in the construction of racial identities in the city of La Paz. Focusing on the debate generated about the Law against Racial Discrimination and all kinds of Discrimination, approved in October of 2010 as a case study,...

Social movements emerge as part of and in response to the prevailing relations of power. They emerge to make visible identities rendered invisible, abnormal or excluded by these relationships, to challenge currently dominant ideas as to how society should be organized, to draw attention to needs...

This discussion paper led to a publication in the <A href="http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/rne.2011.10.2/rne.2011.10.2.1278/rne.2011.10.2.1278.xml">'Review of Network Economics'</A>, 2011, 10(2), 1-20.<P> In this paper we test the celebrated `Strength of weak ties' theory of Granovetter (1973). We test two hypotheses on the network structure in a data set of collaborating economists. While we find...</p></a>

"Social Capital of Old People on the Example of Bialystok Residents" is a book based on theoretical and empirical study, which presents an issue of diagnosing and using of old people social capital in the local and regional development processes. This issue is significant because of the threats...

The institute of social responsibility is regarded in the article as mandatory addition to market' institutes and to the institute of state power, because it reduces transaction costs in the socio-economic system by eliminating the relations of discrimination. The most important function of...

Mainstream economic theories of rent-seeking and interest groups typically ignore the parallel, yet highly relevant, streams of research on social networks and groups. Incorporating these broader social and psychological theories into economic models of rent-seeking appear to be a promising...

The monography considers laws and mechanisms of social development from positions of positivism, dialectic materialism and the theory of systems. The methodology of the author is based on causality in relations of a society and social institutes. Social development is considered as result of...