The Journal of Socio-Economics articles from May 1997

The Journal of Socio-Economics archives from May 1997

The market as an instituted realm of social action.
May 1, 1997... INTRODUCTION ... the revival of an "ethos of social obligation" (Hirsch, 1976) has to become both an economic means and an end. The renewal of the market from the prestige position of supreme arbiter in matters of allocation and worth, does...

A socio-economic perspective on gender bias in technology.
May 1, 1997... INTRODUCTION This paper examines the relationship between technological development and gender bias in contemporary Western industrial societies. Gender bias was precipitated within patriarchal social structures which evolved over time, and...

Rationality, culture and welfare entitlements: a note on change and adaptation.
May 1, 1997... INTRODUCTION The roots of human moral responsibility - in the specific sense of obligations to be responsive to the needs of others - have been credibly sought in two directions. On the one hand, moral obligations have been viewed as a product...

Inflation calculus: business and academia clash over economic concept of 'natural' jobless rate.
May 1, 1997... FORWARD: Few review articles written by economists provide as succinct yet accurate an overview of particular differences of opinion about matters of great consequence to socio-economists and to the society at large, as the article that follows....

Economic and social correlates of regional suicide rates: a pooled cross-section and time-series analysis.
May 1, 1997... INTRODUCTION Suicidal behavior and suicide rates have usually been studied in disciplines such as psychology and sociology. Some psychologists viewed suicide as the result of irrational behavior, while others like Freud (1917) believed suicide...

A behavioral model of nondurable consumption expenditure.
May 1, 1997... INTRODUCTION In recent times the neoclassical concept of rationality has come to dominate the manner in which economists model expectations formation and economic decision making. This study challenges this concept within the context of the...

Criminal behavior in general equilibrium: who benefits from crime?
May 1, 1997... INTRODUCTION In this paper we are concerned with the correct analysis of the social costs and benefits of crime. Without a fuller understanding of the incidence of crime, efficient deterrence policy is clearly hampered. Therefore, it is...

Welfare or Welfare State? Contradictions and Dilemmas in Social Policy.
May 1, 1997... Reviewed by Franklin G. Mixon, Jr., The University of Southern Mississippi While America has Charles Murray and Marvin O'Lasky (to name just two) as social critics of its welfare state, England has David Marsland as an island of dissent...

The New Communitarians and the Crisis of Modern Liberalism.
May 1, 1997... Reviewed by Charles Lockhart, Texas Christian University I have been a social democrat since late adolescence and have thus represented a branch of what has lately been called communitarianism, although for most of my life this term was not in...