Richard Swedberg

Principles of Economic Sociology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Offering an overview of economic sociology, this book advances the field theoretically by highlighting, in one analysis, the crucial economic roles of both interests and social relations. It examines the range of economic institutions and explicates the relationship of the economy to politics, law, culture, and gender.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 386
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 548g
• ISBN-13: 9780691130590
• ISBN-10: 0691130590
• Artikelnr.: 22578842

Autorenporträt

Richard Swedberg is Professor of Sociology at Cornell University, where he co-directs its Center for the Study of Economy and Society. He is the author of Max Weber and the Idea of Economic Sociology (Princeton) as well as co-editor of The Handbook of Economic Sociology (both Princeton).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables and Figures ix
Preface xi
Chapter I. The Classics in Economic Sociology 1
Chapter II. Contemporary Economic Sociology 32
Chapter III. Economic Organization 53
Chapter IV. Firms 74
Chapter V. Economic and Sociological Approaches to Markets 104
Chapter VI. Markets in History 131
Chapter VII. Politics and the Economy 158
Chapter VIII. Law and the Economy 189
Chapter IX. Culture and Economic Development 218
Chapter X. Culture, Trust, and Consumption 241
Chapter XI. Gender and the Economy 259
Chapter XII. The Cat's Dilemma and Other Questions for Economic
Sociologists 283
References 305
Index 357