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Comment: Marrying Functional Differentiation and Institutional Economics: Reflections on Steffen Roth’s Article

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  • Vladislav Valentinov

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The Luhmannian idea of functional differentiation offers a novel and radical systems-theoretic framework reinforcing the institutionalist vision of the embeddedness of the economic system in the societal and natural environment. Reflecting on Steffen Roth’s article, I formulate two complementary arguments. The first is that any self-organized complexity can be supported by the installation of a systemic boundary protecting it from the outer environment. The second is that this boundary prevents the complexity of the outer environment from being fully translatable into the intra-systemic complexity. Both arguments potentially inform the institutionalist analysis of the operational and moral problems of the economic function system.

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  • Vladislav Valentinov, 2017. "Comment: Marrying Functional Differentiation and Institutional Economics: Reflections on Steffen Roth’s Article," Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 51(4), pages 1047-1053, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:jeciss:v:51:y:2017:i:4:p:1047-1053
    DOI: 10.1080/00213624.2017.1391589
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    1. José Antonio Plaza‐Úbeda & Miguel Pérez‐Valls & José Joaquín Céspedes‐Lorente & Belén Payán‐Sánchez, 2020. "The contribution of systems theory to sustainability in degrowth contexts: The role of subsystems," Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 37(1), pages 68-81, January.

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