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Quotes from The shaping of social organization — Tom R. Burns

born 1937 Sweden

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Markets are social organizations, structured and regulated by more or less well-defined social rule systems.

The shaping of social organization (1987)

There are two basic ways market organization is brought about... Some combination of the two is usual the case

The shaping of social organization (1987)

In sum, social actors knowledgeably and actively use, interpret and implement rule systems. They also creatively reform and transform them. In such ways they bring about institutional innovation and transformation and shape the ‘deep structures’ of human history.

The shaping of social organization (1987)

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