Author: Guglielmo Forges Davanzati File Type: pdf In contemporary non-mainstream economic debate, it is widely thought that the functioning of a market economy needs a set of rules (i.e. institutions) which bind agents in their behaviour, allowing efficient outcomes. This idea is contrary to the General Equilibrium Model (GEM) where markets are pictured as working in an institutional vacuum and where social and historical variables play no role. However, in more recent times, a large group of economists have begun to insert social and moral variables into standard models based on the rational choice paradigm, following the increasing interest on the part of firms in the possible positive effects of adopting ethical codes. In this key new text Guglielmo Davanzati studies this burgeoning view that ethics and economics can be compatible. Does morality affect income distribution? And, if so, what are the effects of the widespread adoption of ethical codes on the functioning of the labour market? Central to Davanzatis efforts is the thesis that the roots of these new developments can be traced back to the pioneering work of Thorstein Veblen and John Bates Clark. Utilizing their contrasting works, Davanzatis text illuminates the propagation of ethical codes within the two opposing frameworks i.e. the neoclassical and the institutional. Davanzatis important book will be an invaluable reference for readers interested in history of economic thought, economics and moral philosophy.

Author: Ousmane Oumar Kane File Type: pdf Renowned for its madrassas and archives of rare Arabic manuscripts, Timbuktu is famous as a great center of Muslim learning from Islams Golden Age. Yet Timbuktu is not unique. It was one among many scholarly centers to exist in precolonial West Africa. Beyond Timbuktu charts the rise of Muslim learning in West Africa from the beginning of Islam to the present day, examining the shifting contexts that have influenced the production and dissemination of Islamic knowledgeand shaped the sometimes conflicting interpretations of Muslim intellectualsover the course of centuries. Highlighting the significant breadth and versatility of the Muslim intellectual tradition in sub-Saharan Africa, Ousmane Kane corrects lingering misconceptions in both the West and the Middle East that Africas Muslim heritage represents a minor thread in Islams larger tapestry. West African Muslims have never been isolated. To the contrary, their connection with Muslims worldwide is robust and longstanding. The Sahara was not an insuperable barrier but a bridge that allowed the Arabo-Berbers of the North to sustain relations with West African Muslims through trade, diplomacy, and intellectual and spiritual exchange. The West African tradition of Islamic learning has grown in tandem with the spread of Arabic literacy, making Arabic the most widely spoken language in Africa today. In the postcolonial period, dramatic transformations in West African education, together with the rise of media technologies and the ever-evolving public roles of African Muslim intellectuals, continue to spread knowledge of Islam throughout the continent. **Review Beyond Timbuktu is an insightful analysis of how, through the centuries and from different perspectives, Muslim intellectuals have shaped the production, dissemination, and content of Islamic knowledge in relation to the socio-political contexts in which they lived. As Ousmane Kane demonstrates, this process continues today in the ways the transformation of Muslim educational institutions and availability of new communication technologies make possible a resurgent Muslim public presence. No similar overview of West African Muslim intellectual history exists. (Louis Brenner, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) A fascinating and comprehensive analysis of the intellectual history of Islamic West Africa. This original book not only fills a gap but also challenges traditional readings of classical texts. (Chouki El Hamel, Arizona State University) About the Author Ousmane Oumar Kane is Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Contemporary Islamic Religion and Society at Harvard Divinity School and Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University.

Author: Michael Scrivener File Type: pdf This is a fine study of a leading democratic politician and important literary figure . . . [which] is in every respect well written. - Gregory Claeys, University of London The multifaceted career of John Thelwall (1764 - 1834), poet, novelist, playwright, journalist, politician, scientist, is the lens through which we are offered here a new look at the phenomenon of British Jacobinism, long distorted by the critical view of it as intellectually weak bequeathed to us by Coleridge and Wordsworth, once Jacobins themselves. This book, the first on Thelwall in almost one hundred years, combines literary analysis and historical description to show how this innovative political activist remained true to his radicalism while adapting his methods in the face of the anti-Jacobin reaction that Paines The Rights of Man helped set off. The three parts of the book set Thelwalls achievements and challenges in the political and literary context of his times. Part One, Jacobin(s) Writing, focuses on the most essential aspects, ideologically and formally, of the insurgent writing of the 1790s to which Thelwall contributed. Part Two, The Voice of the People, treats both Thelwalls radical oratory and journalism, as well as his writings and activities as a natural scientist and rhetorician, a professor and technician of elocution. Part Three, Jacobin Allegory, expounds on Thelwalls characteristic strategy of indirect expression through synecdoche and allegory, which he used in his later career after repression forced him out of politics. Through Thelwalls life Michael Scrivener succeeds in revealing how British Jacobinism reshaped the public sphere, initiating numerous literary experiments with oratory, pamphlets, periodicals, popularizations, and songs in the spaces opened up by political associations, lectures, meetings, and trials. Jacobinism thus altered the very institutions of reading and writing by expanding literacy, restructuring the popular arena for reading, and generating a body of diverse texts that were seditious allegories. **

Author: Ada Scupola File Type: pdf Central to the study of e-services is the ability to evaluate critical success factors, which include quality, effectiveness, accessibility, and societal implications. Developing Technologies in E-Services, Self-Services, and Mobile Communication New Concepts presents perspectives on the management, delivery and consumption, and creation of new e-services technologies and tools. This book reviews specific e-services such as e-banking and e-health initiatives and offers new perspectives useful to industry professionals and academicians interested in the creation, application, and evaluation of a number of different mobile and electronic services.About the Authorh6#########################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################h6