Doing Money
Elementary Monetary Theory from a Sociological Standpoint
1st Edition
Published on 6. August 2012
208 pages
978-1-136-64081-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book puts in place the groundwork for an alternative theory of money in a sociological perspective, proceeding by way of a critique of existing theories.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
2 s/w Tabellen, 3 s/w Zeichnungen
2 Tables, black and white; 3 Line drawings, black and white
File size
1,86 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-136-64081-0 (9781136640810)
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Person
Heiner Ganssmann was professor in the Department of Sociology of the Freie Universitaet Berlin until 2009, specializing in economic sociology, social policy and sociological theory.
Content
Preface Introduction 1. Problems and their Settings 1.1 Capitalism 1.2 Money: a veil? 1.3 Money: a symbol? 1.4 Money: a language? 2. Clarifications 2.1 Language and money 2.2 Everyday use of money 2.3 Prices and the metric of money 2.4 Money as things vs. money as pure information 2.5 Money as a social relation? 3. Elementary Theory 3.1 Contingency and interaction 3.2 Origins and acceptability of money 3.3 Quantitative price determination 3.4 Money and uncertainty absorption 3.5 Credit 3.6 Money, credit and crises Conclusion
