Table of contents
Preface vii ;
Acknowledgments xi;
PART I: GENERAL CONCERNS;
Chapter 1. Introducing Economic Sociology by Neil J. Smelser and Richard Swedberg 3;
Chapter 2. Comparative and Historical Approaches to Economic Sociology by Frank Dobbin 26;
Chapter 3. The New Institutionalisms in Economics and Sociology by Victor Nee 49;
Chapter 4. Principles of an Economic Anthropology by Pierre Bourdieu 75;
Chapter 5. Behavioral Economics by Roberto Weber and Robyn Dawes 90;
Chapter 6. Emotions and the Economy by Mabel Berezin 109;
PART II: THE ECONOMIC CORE: ECONOMIC SYSTEMS, INSTITUTIONS, AND BEHAVIOR Section A: The Economy in a Macrosociological Perpective;
Chapter 7. The Economic Sociology of the Ancient Mediterranean World by Ian Morris and J. G. Manning 131;
Chapter 8. The Global Economy: Organization, Governance, and Development by Gary Geref 160;
Chapter 9. The Political and Economic Sociology of International Economic Arrangements by Neil Fligstein 183;
Chapter 10. Post-Communist Economic Systems by Lawrence P. King and Ivan Szelenyi 205;
Section B: The Sociology of Economic Institutions and Economic Behavior;
Chapter 11. Markets in Society by Richard Swedberg 233;
Chapter 12. The Sociology of Labor Markets and Trade Unions by Wolfgang Streeck 254;
Chapter 13. Banking and Financial Markets by Linda Brewster Stearns and Mark S. Mizruchi 284;
Chapter 14. Sociology of Work and Occupations by Andrew Abbott 307;
Chapter 15. Culture and Consumption by Viviana Zelizer 331;
Chapter 16. The Sociology of Money and Credit by Bruce G. Carruthers 355;
Chapter 17. Networks and Economic Life by Laurel Smith-Doerr and Walter W. Powell 379;
Chapter 18. The Informal Economy by Alejandro Portes and William Haller 403;
Section C: The Sociology of Firms, Organizations, and Industries;
Chapter 19. Business Groups and Social Organization by Mark Granovetter 429;
Chapter 20. Entrepreneurship by Howard E. Aldrich 451;
Chapter 21. Firms and Environments by Gerald F. Davis 478;
PART III: INTERSECTIONS OF THE ECONOMY;
Chapter 22. The State and the Economy by Fred Block and Peter Evans 505;
Chapter 23. A Sociological Approach to Law and the Economy by Lauren B. Edelman and Robin Stryker 527;
Chapter 24. Welfare States and the Economy Evelyne by Huber and John D. Stephens 552;
Chapter 25. Education and the Economy by Mary C. Brinton 575;
Chapter 26. New Directions in the Study of Religion and Economic Life by Robert Wuthnow 603;
Chapter 27. Gender and Economic Sociology by Paula England and Nancy Folbre 627;
Chapter 28. The Ethnic Economy by Ivan Light 650;
Chapter 29. Technology and the Economy by Giovanni Dosi, Luigi Orsenigo, and Mauro Sylos Labini 678;
Chapter 30. The Economy and the Environment by Allan Schnaiberg 703 Contributors 727;
Index 729