Communities and Markets in Economic Development
Communities and Markets in Economic Development
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经济发展中的社区和市场
DOI:
10.1111/j.0013-0133.2005.976_5.x
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2005
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C. Ganguly
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C. Ganguly
An analysis of economic systems traditionally focuses on the efficiency or failure of the state and markets. This fascinating book persuasively seeks recognition for the ‘community’as a third significant component of an economic system. It contains thirteen enlightening chapters by twenty-one leading scholars from economic history, development economics, agricultural economics, and institutional economics along with an engaging introduction by the editors and concluding comments by Douglass C. North.A community is defined as a mutually identifiable group of people involved in intense, repeated social interactions amongst themselves. In the absence of an effective legal mechanism to protect property rights and enforce contracts, a community can develop informal rules and self-enforceable norms based on trust,