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| Semester | fall semester 2017 |
| Course frequency | Every fall sem. |
| Lecturers | Antonio Loprieno (a.loprieno@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | Präsentation und Diskussion der ökonomischen Entwicklung in ausgewählten historischen Perioden (insbesondere vom Neolithikum bis zur Antike) und Untersuchung der Entstehung ökonomischer und politischer Institutionen wie Staat, Handel, Eigentumsrechte, Geld, usw im Verhältnis zu ihrer derzeitigen Erscheinung. |
| Learning objectives | Vertrautheit mit den historischen Bedingungen für die Entstehung wirtschaftlicher Verhältnisse und Konzepte wie agency, business, capital, contract, exchange, institution, interest, market, ownership, property, state, trade. |
| Bibliography | Barzel, Yoram, A Theory of the State, Cambridge University Press 2002. Berghoff, H. und Vogel, J. (Hgg.), Wirtschaftsgeschichte als Kulturgeschichte. Perspektiven eines Paradigmenwechsels, Frankfurt/New York 2004. Bourdieu, P., Ökonomisches Kapital, kulturelles Kapital, soziales Kapital. In: Reinhard Kreckel (Hg.), Soziale Ungleichheiten. Soziale Welt Sonderband 2), Göttingen 1983, 183-198. Boldizzoni, F. and P. Hudson, Routledge Handbook of Global Economic History, Routledge 2016. Cipolla, Carlo M., Before the Industrial Revolution, Norton 1993. Constable, R. Olivia, Housing the Stranger in the Mediterranean World: Lodging, Trade, and Travel in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, Cambridge University Press 2003. De Gennaro, I., Kazmierski, Lüfter (Hgg.), Wirtliche Ökonomie. Philosophische und dichterische Quellen, Bautz Verlag 2013. Duby, Georges, Guerriers et paysans du vii au xii siècle: premier essor de l’économie européenne, Gallimard 1973. Epstein, Steven R. Freedom and Growth : The Rise of States and Markets in Europe, 1300-1750, Routledge 2000. Finley, Moses I., The Ancient Economy, University of California Press 1973. Granovetter, M., Economic Action and Social Structure: The Problem of Embeddedness, American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 91, No. 3 (Nov., 1985), 481-510. Greiff, Avner, Institutions and the Path to the Modern Economy, Cambridge University Press 2006. Hicks, John, A Theory of Economic History, Oxford University Press 1969. Jackson, William A. (ed.), Economics, Culture and Social Theory, Cheltenham 2009. Knight, Jack and I. Sened (eds.), Explaining Social Institutions, University of Michigan Press 1995. Manning, J. G. and I. Morris, The Ancient Economy: Evidence and Models, Stanford University Press 2005. Medema, Steven and W. J. Samuels, Historians of Economics and Economic Thought, Routledge 2001. Muhs, Brian, The Ancient Egyptian Economy, Cambridge University Press 2016. North, Douglass C., Understanding the Process of Institutional Change, Princeton University Press 2005. Persson, Karl Gunnar, Pre-Industrial Economic Growth, Social Organization, and Technological Progress in Europe, Blackwell 1988. Platteau, Jean-Philippe, Institutions, Social Norms and Economic Development, Harwood Academic Publishers 2000. Price, Betsy B. (ed.), Ancient Economic Thought, Routledge 1997. Samuels, Warren J. et al. (ed.), A companion to the History of Economic Thought, Wiley-Blackwell 2006. Scott, W. Richard, Organizations: Rational, Natural, and Open Systems, Prentice-Hall 1998. Sedlacek, Tomas, Economics of Good and Evil. The Quest for Economic Meaning, Oxford University Press 2011. Walter, Ryan, A Critical History of the Economy, Routledge 2011Aoki, Masahiko, Toward a Comparative Institutional Analysis, MIT Press 2001. Warburton, David, Macroeconomics from the Beginning. The General Theory, Ancient Markets, and the Rate of Interest, Eisenbrauns 2003. |
| Weblink | Weblink zu ADAM |
| Admission requirements | Bachelor-Studierende im dritten Studienjahr. |
| Course application | Belegen in MOnA; Eucor-Studierende melden sich bitte innerhalb der Belegfrist über das Studentensekretariat im Kollegienhaus an. Belegen = Anmeldung zur Prüfung. |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Course auditors welcome |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Electives Bachelor Business and Economics: Recommendations (Bachelor Business and Economics) Electives Bachelor Business and Economics: Recommendations (Bachelor's degree subject: Business and Economics) |
| Assessment format | end-of-semester examination |
| Assessment details | Drei benotete short essays im Laufe des Semesters. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Registration: course registration |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | 1-6 0,1 |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Business and Economics , studiendekanat-wwz@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Faculty of Business and Economics |