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Competition, Coordination, Social Order: Responsible Business, Civil Society, and Government in an Open Society

Competition, Coordination, Social Order: Responsible Business, Civil Society, and Government in an Open Society

Giedrojc, Jacek
Sulowski, Stanislaw

Hardcover

Series: Studies in Politics, Security and Society, Book 12

Business GeneralInvesting & FinanceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 363172179X
ISBN13: 9783631721797
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
Published: Jul 31 2017
Pages: 285
Weight: 1.17
Height: 0.81 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

The author analyses competition as one of four coordinating mechanisms helping agents mutually to orientate their actions, avoid chaos, and produce social order. Competition is a key dimension of developed societies. It helps to structure and is also conducive to social change. Competing agents constrain one another, making it hard for anyone to change their position. They discover new routines the best of which may later be institutionalized. Competition is a solvent of power but only in relatively equal societies. Entrenched wealth or status restricts competition, thus impoverishing social order. The author also evaluates the theory of competition to explore such topics as corporate social responsibility, relations between government, business and civil society, and reflexivity in social sciences.

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