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2. Sociology of the Invisible Hand

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Adriana Mica, Katarzyna M. Wyrzykowska, Rafal Wisniewski, Iwona Zielinska, Adriana Mica, Katarzyna M. Wyrzykowska, Rafal Wisniewski, and Iwona Zielinska

Subjects
Sociology, Economics--Sociological aspects
Abstract

This book illustrates the applicability of the seminal and controversial metaphor of the «invisible hand» in modern sociological theory. It shows that sociologists have long been part of a field mainly associated with economists and political philosophers. Though unlike the framing that builds directly on Adam Smith, sociological theory focuses on undesirable and perverse outcomes. Furthermore, the sociological angle favors the explanation of invisible hand-like mechanisms as contingent upon social structures and broader processes. Thus, it goes beyond its classical formulation in terms of interdependence, interaction and aggregation of individual actions. This book gathers contributions of remarkable authors who are linked directly either with the invisible hand metaphor, with the spontaneous order phenomenon or with the unintended consequences issue and aims to describe the traditional and contemporary applicability of the sociological framing of the invisible hand for social sciences.

Published
2018

3. Imagined futures: fictional expectations and capitalist dynamics

Author

Adriana Mica

Subjects
Dynamics (music), Argument, Geography, Planning and Development, Sociology, Futures contract, Demography, Epistemology
Abstract

Beckert’s book makes the argument that capitalist dynamics are grounded in processes of imagining the future and of creating and revising expectations that motivate actors to engage in economic act...

Published
2016
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4. Coping with the unintended consequences of institutional work

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Mikołaj Pawlak and Adriana Mica

Subjects
Coping (psychology), Unintended consequences, Compromise, media_common.quotation_subject, Institutional economics, Sociology, Positive economics, Institutional theory, media_common
Abstract

MikoA‚aj Pawlak and Adriana Mica connect the insights from the traditional sociology of unintended consequences with more recent developments in institutional theory. For the authors, the discussions on institutional work are of particular relevance here. Both individuals and organizations frequently generate unintended consequences as a result of their institutional work. In their stimulating conceptual paper, Pawlak and Mica not only distinguish different types of unintended consequences within a neo-institutional framework, they also identify a variety of coping mechanisms related to unintended consequences that result from different outcomes of institutional work. Interestingly, not only success or failure is discussed as an outcome, but also institutional compromise, institutional mid-course shift, and constant reinstitutionalization.

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