Handbook on the Economics of Reciprocity and Social Enterprise

[BOOK DESCRIPTION]

The recent era of economic turbulence has generated a growing enthusiasm for an increase in new and original economic insights based around the concepts of reciprocity and social enterprise. This stimulating and thought-provoking Handbook not only encourages and supports this growth, but also emphasises and expands upon new topics and issues within the economics discourse. Original contributions from key international experts acknowledge and illustrate that markets and firms can be civilizing forces when and if they are understood as expressions of cooperation and civil virtues. They provide an illuminating discourse on a wide range of topics including reciprocity, gifts and the civil economy, which are especially relevant in times of crisis for financial capitalism. The Handbook questions the current phase of the market economy that arises from a state of anthropological pessimism. Such anthropological cynicism is one of the foundations of the contemporary economic system that is challenged by the contributors.This highly original and interdisciplinary Handbook will provide a fascinating read for academics, researchers and students across a wide range of fields including economics, public sector economics, public policy and social policy.

[TABLE OF CONTENTS]

 List of figures                            viii
        List of tables                             ix
        List of contributors                       x
Acknowledgments                                    xvii
Introduction                                       1   (8)
          Luigino Bruni
          Stefano Zamagni
    1 Altruism                                     9   (11)
          Luca Zarri
    2 Altruistic reciprocity                       20  (24)
          Herbert Gintis
    3 Anti-utilitarianism and the gift-paradigm    44  (5)
          Alain Caille
    4 Business ethics                              49  (10)
          Russell G. Pearce
          Brendan M. Wilson
    5 Capitalism                                   59  (10)
          Nicolo Bellanca
    6 Catholic social teaching                     69  (8)
          Helen Alford
    7 Catholic social thought                      77  (8)
          Albino Barrera
    8 Cooperative enterprise                       85  (9)
          Derek C. Jones
          Panu Kalmi
    9 Cooperative entrepreneurship                 94  (14)
          Stefano Zamagni
    10 Do dictator games measure altruism?         108 (4)
          Daniel John Zizzo
    11 Economy of communion                        112 (9)
          Lorna Gold
    12 Egotism: making sense of social             121 (13)
    preferences
          Elias L. Khalil
    13 Ethical finance: an introduction            134 (10)
          Leonardo Becchetti
    14 Fair trade                                  144 (9)
          Leonardo Becchetti
    15 Fraternity                                  153 (26)
          Adrian Pabst
    16 From arts patronage to cultural             179 (1)
    philanthropy: collaborating with granting
    foundations
          Elisa Bortoluzzi Dubach
          Pier Luigi Sacco
    17 Gifts and gratuitousness                    179 (12)
          Serge-Christophe Kolm
    18 Humanistic management                       191 (10)
          Cristian R. Loza Adaui
          Andre Habisch
    19 Identity                                    201 (7)
          John B. Davis
    20 Law and religion                            208 (9)
          Amelia J. Uelmen
    21 Liberalism                                  217 (10)
          Adrian Pabst
    22 Microfinance                                227 (11)
          Antonio Andreoni
    23 Mutualism                                   238 (6)
          Vera Negri Zamagni
    24 Pecuniary externalities and fairness        244 (7)
          Albino Barrera
    25 Philanthropy beyond the sectoral approach   251 (10)
          Ricardo Abramovay
    26 Poverty                                     261 (10)
          Andrea Brandolini
    27 Prizes and awards                           271 (6)
          Bruno S. Frey
          Susanne Neckermann
    28 Rationality                                 277 (8)
          Shaun P. Hargreaves Heap
    29 Regard                                      285 (10)
          Avner Offer
    30 Relational goods                            295 (11)
          Benedetto Gui
    31 Social and civil capital                    306 (12)
          Paolo Vanin
    32 Social enterprise                           318 (9)
          Carlo Borzaga
    33 Social preferences                          327 (9)
          Samuel Bowles
          Herbert Gintis
    34 Spiritual capital                           336 (8)
          Andre Habisch
    35 Spiritual humanism and corporate            344 (10)
    economics
          Luk Bouckaert
    36 Subsidiarity and new welfare                354 (8)
          Pier Luigi Porta
    37 The common good                             362 (10)
          Antonio Argandona
    38 The economics of corporate social           372 (28)
    responsibility
          Lorenzo Sacconi
    39 Third sector                                400 (11)
          Jacques Defourny
    40 Trust                                       411 (10)
          Vittorio Pelligra
    41 Values based organizations                  421 (9)
          Alessandra Smerilli
    42 Virtue ethics and economics                 430 (11)
          Jean Mercier Ythier
    43 Voluntary organizations                     441 (12)
          Dennis R. Young
          Lewis Faulk
          Jasmine McGinnis
Index                                              453