The book shows how the meta-assumptions of economic sociology can be transformed, under certain conditions, into testable propositions, and puts forward a theoretical agenda aimed at moving the field out of its present impasse.
According to Joseph Schumpeter, 'economic sociology' is an area of interest to both economists and sociologists. Economic sociology is generally considered to have been invented towards the end of...
This book systematically reconstructs the origins and new advances in economic sociology.
This book systematically reconstructs the origins and new advances in economic sociology.
Economic sociology is the study of economic activity in relation to various dimensions of social life, such as family, gender, morals, law and politics.
This introductory text: provides a sophisticated yet approachable analysis of economic behaviour and phenomena explores economic structures and change from a global perspective-by using comparisons and data from the United States, Europe, ...
How have classes and states, using power and institutions, created and continue to shape the economic world we live in? This second edition presents a critical and sophisticated yet approachable analysis of economic behavior and phenomena.
How have classes and states, using power and institutions, created and continue to shape the economic world we live in? This second edition presents a critical and sophisticated, yet approachable analysis of economic behavior and phenomena.
The text will be interesting to political scientists, economists, and historians.
List of illustrations p. xi Preface p. xii Acknowledgements p. xiv 1 Economic sociology unbound p. 1 Intellectual history and foundations: legacies of classical sociology p. 3 Rebirth: political economy...