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- Explorations in Economic Sociology
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- 1993
- Published by: Russell Sage Foundation
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Since the mid-1980s, as public discourse has focused increasingly on the troubled economy, many social scientists have argued the need for more analysis of the social relationships that undergird economic life. The original essays in Explorations in Economic Sociology represent the most important work in this renewed field and employ a rich variety of research methods—theoretical, ethnographic, and historical—to illustrate its key concerns. Explorations in Economic Sociology forges innovative social theories of such economic institutions as money, markets, and industry. Although traditional economists have identified markets as driven solely by the forces of supply and demand, social factors frequently intervene. Sales at auction are determined not simply by a seller's personal knowledge of customers. Shareholder attitudes and employee organization influence everything from the way firms borrow money to the way corporate performance is measured. Firms themselves operate in social networks in which trust is a crucial factor in settling the terms for cooperation or competition. Throughout the essays in this volume, the contributors point the way to developing a more healthy economy by fostering productive industrial networks, avoiding disintegration at management levels, and anticipating the consequences of the shift from manufacturing to service industries. Explorations in Economic Sociology is a pioneering work that bridges the gap between social theory and economic analysis and demonstrates the importance of this union in achieving an effective understanding of economic issues. The book should stimulate new interest in economic sociology by bringing together many of its most fundamental voices.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-viii
- Notes on Contributors
- pp. ix-xii
- Part I. Economic Relationships and the Social Sciences
- Part II. Trust, Cooperation, and Competition
- Part III. The Social Construction of Economic Institutions: Money, Markets, and Industries
- Chapter 6. Markets in Production Networks
- pp. 186-200
- Chapter 8. Making Multiple Monies
- pp. 218-237
- Part IV. The Performance of Firms and Their Environments
- Part V. Small Firms in Networks
- Chapter 14. Small Firm Networks
- pp. 402-427
Additional Information
ISBN
9781610445221
Related ISBN(s)
9780871548405
MARC Record
OCLC
907642574
Pages
476
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
1993