- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- 1 The Subject and Method
- 2 The Antecedents and Prototypes of the System
- 3 Power
- 4 Ideology
- 5 Property
- 6 Coordination Mechanisms
- 7 Planning and Direct Bureaucratic Control
- 8 Money and Price
- 9 Investment and Growth
- 10 Employment and Wages
- 11 Shortage and Inflation: The Phenomena
- 12 Shortage and Inflation: The Causes
- 13 Consumption and Distribution
- 14 External Economic Relations
- 15 The Coherence of the Classical System
- 16 The Dynamics of the Changes
- 17 The “Perfection” Of Control
- 18 Political Liberalization
- 19 The Rise of the Private Sector
- 20 Self‐Management
- 21 Market Socialism
- 22 Price Reforms
- 23 Macro Tensions
- 24 Concluding Remarks
- References
- Bibliography on Postsocialist Transition
- Author Index
- Subject Index
Coordination Mechanisms
Coordination Mechanisms
- Chapter:
- (p.91) 6 Coordination Mechanisms
- Source:
- The Socialist System
- Author(s):
János Kornai (Contributor Webpage)
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
A coordination mechanism is a subsystem of the social system that coordinates the activities of the persons or organizations within it. Wherever a relation subsists between two or more persons or organizations , their activities require coordination in some form. This chapter defines and discusses the five main types of coordination mechanisms and notes their relative roles in the classical socialist system. The five types are bureaucratic coordination (the system applied most widely under classical socialism), market coordination, self‐governing coordination, ethical coordination, and family coordination.
Keywords: bureaucracy, bureaucratic coordination, classical socialism, coordination mechanisms, ethical coordination, family coordination, self‐governing coordination
Oxford Scholarship Online requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books within the service. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter.
Please, subscribe or login to access full text content.
If you think you should have access to this title, please contact your librarian.
To troubleshoot, please check our FAQs , and if you can't find the answer there, please contact us .
- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- 1 The Subject and Method
- 2 The Antecedents and Prototypes of the System
- 3 Power
- 4 Ideology
- 5 Property
- 6 Coordination Mechanisms
- 7 Planning and Direct Bureaucratic Control
- 8 Money and Price
- 9 Investment and Growth
- 10 Employment and Wages
- 11 Shortage and Inflation: The Phenomena
- 12 Shortage and Inflation: The Causes
- 13 Consumption and Distribution
- 14 External Economic Relations
- 15 The Coherence of the Classical System
- 16 The Dynamics of the Changes
- 17 The “Perfection” Of Control
- 18 Political Liberalization
- 19 The Rise of the Private Sector
- 20 Self‐Management
- 21 Market Socialism
- 22 Price Reforms
- 23 Macro Tensions
- 24 Concluding Remarks
- References
- Bibliography on Postsocialist Transition
- Author Index
- Subject Index
