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Fertility and social interaction : an economic perspective.
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ISBN: 0199244596 9780199244591 Year: 2001 Publisher: New York Oxford university press

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In this book, economics meets sociology in order to investigate one of the central social changes in history: the decline of fertility. The book demonstrates how social interactions can be used to extend the rational and individual-centered approach of economists to include social norms, bounded rationality, social learning, and changing values and attitudes. The combination of these elements yields new insights into the dynamics and determinants of fertility change. (OUP)

Social interaction and organisational change : Aston perspectives on innovation networks
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ISBN: 1860942032 9786611866020 1281866024 1848161484 9781848161481 9781860942037 Year: 2001 Publisher: London : Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : ICP ; Distributed by World Scientific,

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This book provides a detailed, multi-disciplinary analysis of innovation networks in a variety of organisational settings. All the contributors are employed at Aston Business School, which is one of the UK's foremost institutions in terms of both teaching and research. The book illustrates the way in which innovation networks are formed and sustained in a variety of organisational settings: the public sector, public-private collaboration, national policy level, inter-organisational credit links, as well as the more traditional focus on manufacturing firms. The strength of the network approach

Neighborhood structure, crime, and fear of crime
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ISBN: 1931202796 9781931202794 1931202079 Year: 2001 Publisher: New York LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC

Innovative Networks : Co-operation in National Innovation Systems
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ISBN: 9264195483 9786610033584 1280033584 9264195661 Year: 2001 Volume: *19 Publisher: Paris : OECD Publishing,

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This book analyses the role of networks in innovation and technology diffusion. It reviews policy initiatives to promote efficient networking in selected OECD countries, and draws the main implications for public policy. It provides both fresh conceptual insights and new factual information on this important mechanism of innovation-led growth.

Social capital and participation in everyday life
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ISBN: 0415232732 Year: 2001 Volume: 23 Publisher: London Routledge

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Political systems --- Economic conditions. Economic development --- Community organization --- Political sociology --- Social capital (Sociology) --- Social networks --- Civil society --- Political participation --- Social participation --- Economic development --- Democracy --- Capital social (Sociologie) --- Réseaux sociaux --- Société civile --- Participation politique --- Participation sociale --- Développement économique --- Démocratie --- #SBIB:014.GIFTSOC --- #SBIB:17H20 --- #SBIB:324H71 --- #SBIB:324H50 --- Self-government --- Political science --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Participation, Social --- Community life --- Social groups --- Citizen participation --- Community action --- Community involvement --- Community participation --- Involvement, Community --- Mass political behavior --- Participation, Citizen --- Participation, Community --- Participation, Political --- Political activity --- Political behavior --- Political rights --- Political activists --- Politics, Practical --- Social contract --- Networking, Social --- Networks, Social --- Social networking --- Social support systems --- Support systems, Social --- Interpersonal relations --- Cliques (Sociology) --- Microblogs --- Capital, Social (Sociology) --- Sociology --- Sociale wijsbegeerte: algemeen --- Politieke verandering: modernisatie, democratisering, regional development --- Politieke participatie en legitimiteit (referenda, directe democratie, publieke opinie...) --- Civil society. --- Democracy. --- Economic development. --- Political participation. --- Social networks. --- Social participation. --- Social capital (Sociology). --- Réseaux sociaux --- Société civile --- Développement économique --- Démocratie

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