TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jacek Giedrojć
PY  - 2017
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 2199-028X
SN  - 9783631721766
TI  - Competition, Coordination, Social Order
T2  - Responsible Business, Civil Society, and Government in an Open Society
DO  - 10.3726/b11069
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1113233
N2  - The author analyses competition as one of four coordinating mechanisms helping agents mutually to orientate their actions, avoid chaos, and produce social order. Competition is a key dimension of developed societies. It helps to structure and is also conducive to social change. Competing agents constrain one another, making it hard for anyone to change their position. They discover new routines the best of which may later be institutionalized. Competition is a solvent of power but only in relatively equal societies. Entrenched wealth or status restricts competition, thus impoverishing social order. The author also evaluates the theory of competition to explore such topics as corporate social responsibility, relations between government, business and civil society, and reflexivity in social sciences.
KW  - Spontaneous coordination, Strategy, Freedom, Power, Reflexivity, Ethical leadership, Institutionalization
LA  - English
ER  -