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Economic sociology : A systematic inquiry - Oxford Princeton University Press 2010 - 307p xi

Table of contents
List of Figures and Tables ix;
Preface xi;
Chapter One: Economic Sociology: Past Achievements and Present Challenges 1;
Chapter Two: The Assumptions That Ground the Field 10;
Chapter Three: Social Capital 27;
Chapter Four: The Concept of Institutions 48;
Chapter Five: The Concept of Social Class 71;
Chapter Six: Social Class (Continued) 101;
Chapter Seven: The Informal Economy 130;
Chapter Eight: Ethnic Enclaves and Middleman Minorities 162;
Chapter Nine: Transnational Communities 195;
Chapter Ten: Markets, Models, and Regulation 220;
Notes 237;
Bibliography 261;
Index 291

ISBN: 9780691142234

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Economics - Sociological Aspects

Dewey Class. No.: 306.300000 / POR