Economic Culture' as an Explanatory Tool in Transformation Research

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ID10566757
AuthorsMarek Skovajsa (0000-0003-1293-9907, Czech Academy of Sciences, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume40
Issue3
Pages363-378
Publication date2004-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCzech Sociological Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0288 • E-ISSN: 2336-128X
PublisherInstitute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER • CZ)
DOI10.13060/00380288.2004.40.3.07
OpenAlexW1020098402
LanguageEN
References cited14

This article reviews theoretical suggestions concerning the conceptualisation of economic culture that were made in a series of publications on the cultural dimension of post-communist transformation by the Institute for Research on Eastern Europe in Bremen.Analyses are made particularly of the points where culture on the one hand and institutions, social capital and civil society on the other overlap and differ and from these comparisons consequences are drawn for use of the concept of economic culture in transformation research.The article concludes that economic culture is a conceptual category in its own right, neither irreducible to the level of institutions, in the sense that institutional economics understands them, nor to social capital or civil society.If, moreover, economic culture is to be used as a tool for explaining socio-economic processes, its strict separation from institutions, social capital and civil society is essential

Transformation (genetics · Chemistry · Social Capital and Networks

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