The Journal of Socio-Economics articles from September 1998

The Journal of Socio-Economics archives from September 1998

Dimensions of culture, distributive principles, and decommodification: implications for employee absence behavior.
September 1, 1998... INTRODUCTION Employee absence is a labor market institution. In recognition and acceptance of absenteeism as a "legitimate" labor market phenomenon, all of the developed market economies of the world (with the notable exception of the us)...

Bargaining policies and social exchange: review of a neglected concept.
September 1, 1998... Social exchange is the analog to so-called "economic" exchange. Having failed to notice the demise of homo economicus (e.g., Wicksell, 1910; Knight, 1934; Robbins, 1935), sociologists have been anxious to supplement a perceived narrowness of...

Democracy, economic growth and political instability: an integrated perspective.
September 1, 1998... "In sum, much of the case for the single-party system rests on its claim to accelerate development, and to contain its tensions. The first half of this claim is bogus, and the second half is both doubtful and undesirable. The single-party...

Rational choice and the diversity of choices.
September 1, 1998... There are two versions of the rational choice model in economics. One is to see rationality as internal consistency of choice, and the other is to identify rationality with maximization of self-interest (Sen, 1987, p. 12). The "choice as...

Towards a 'new' outrageous public choice.
September 1, 1998... 1. INTRODUCTION Economic psychology - behavioral economics - can be used to shed new light on the economic analysis of the public choice school. Public choice theory has succeeded in highlighting failings in the political process but, as...

Support for campaign spending limitations in the U.S. Senate: the role of party, ideology and electoral security.
September 1, 1998... Recent disclosures of campaign funding raising practices in the 1996 campaign have renewed political interest in campaign finance reform. Campaign finance is an important topic because the inequality in campaign contributions across both...

Faded Dreams: The Politics and Economics of Race in America.(Review)
September 1, 1998... By Martin Carnoy. New York: Cambridge University Press (1996). Reviewed by Gary Paul Green, Department of Rural Sociology, Agricultural Hall 350, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706; e-mail: ggreen@ssc.wisc.edu. Martin...

Capitalism with a Human Face.(Review)
September 1, 1998... By Samuel Brittan. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1995 (hardcover), 1996 (paperback), 292 pp. $19.95 Reviewed by Michael Smith, Department of Sociology, McGill University, Stephen Leacock Building, 855 Sherbrooke Street West,...