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Papers originally prepared for a seminar held in Liverpool in 1975.
Author : Barry Hindess
Publisher : Springer
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 50,17 MB
Release : 1977-11-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1349031577
Papers originally prepared for a seminar held in Liverpool in 1975.
Author : Max Weber
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 18,65 MB
Release : 2009-11-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1439188874
This bookis an introduction to Max Weber’s ambitious comparative study of the sociological and institutional foundations of the modern economic and social order. In this work originally published in German in 1920, Weber discusses the analytical methods of sociology and, at the same time, presents a devastating critique of prevailing sociological theory and of its universalist, determinist underpinnings. None of Weber’s other writings offers the reader such a grasp of his theories; none displays so clearly his erudition, the scope of his interests, and his analytical powers.
Author : William A. Jackson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 19,83 MB
Release : 2019-04-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1317385640
Defining markets has never been an easy task. Despite their importance for economic theory and practice, they are hard to pin down as a concept and economists have tended to adopt simplified axiomatic models or rely on piecemeal case studies. This book argues that an extended range of theory, social as well as economic, can provide a better foundation for the portrayal of markets. The book first looks at the definition of markets, their inadequate treatment in orthodox economic theory, and their historical background in the pre-capitalist and capitalist eras. It then assesses various alternatives to orthodox theory, categorised as social/cultural, structural, functional and ethical approaches. Among the alternatives considered are institutionalist accounts, Marxian views, network models, performativity arguments, field theories, Austrian views and ethical notions of fair trade. A key finding of the book is that these diverse approaches, valuable as they are, could present a more effective challenge to orthodoxy if they were less disparate. Possibilities are investigated for a more unified theoretical alternative to orthodoxy. Unlike most studies of markets, this book adopts a fully interdisciplinary viewpoint expressed in accessible, non-technical language. Ideas are brought together from heterodox economics, social theory, critical realism, as well as other social sciences such as sociology, anthropology and geography. Anybody seeking a broad critical survey of the theoretical analysis of markets will find this book useful and it will be of great interest to economists, social scientists, students and policy-makers.
Author : Mark Granovetter
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 31,2 MB
Release : 2017-02-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0674975219
A work of exceptional ambition by the founder of modern economic sociology, this first full account of Mark Granovetter’s ideas stresses that the economy is not a sphere separate from other human activities but is deeply embedded in social relations and subject to the same emotions, ideas, and constraints as religion, science, politics, or law.
Author : Victor Nee
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 29,88 MB
Release : 2005-07-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0691119589
Contributors examine the nature & workings of capitalism from the perspective of economic sociology.
Author : Talcott Parsons
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 15,26 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415175272
Annotation. Originally published in 1956.
Author : Max Weber
Publisher :
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 41,82 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Economics
ISBN :
Author : Talcot Parsons
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 44,79 MB
Release : 2005-07-12
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1134685823
This volume is designed as a contribution to the synthesis of theory ineconomics and sociology. We believe that the degree of separationbetween these two disciplines separation emphasized by intellectualtraditions and present institutional arrangements arbitrarily concealsa degree of intrinsic intimacy between them which must be brought tothe attention of the respective professional groups.
Author : Milan Zafirovski
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 14,5 MB
Release : 2020-12-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1789901316
This accessible guide to the rapidly growing and interdisciplinary field of modern economic sociology offers critical insights into its fundamental concepts and developments. International in scope, contributions from leading economic sociologists and sociologically-minded economists explore the intersections and implications for theory and empirical research in both disciplines.
Author : George Farkas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 40,52 MB
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1351512676
What are the links among industrial structure, segmentation, the internal structure of firms, job characteristics, technology, productivity, labor markets, and product markets? The answers, posited by a distinguished group of sociologists and economists, have gained resonance as the field of economic sociology has grown. In this expanded edition, the editors and their economist colleague, Kevin Lang, explore the theoretical interstices and update the references.Sociologists and economists have responded differently to work within the other discipline. For some sociologists, the typical economic assumption of basic actors engaged in rational action is both unrealistic and objectionable. Other sociologists have not always agreed with everything economists do, they have seen ""rational choice"" as a partially true description of human behavior and as a starting point for sociological theorizing. Among economists, the situation is quite different: most have maintained their basic rational choice model while pushing aggressively into substantive areas previously addressed only by sociologists and political scientists.Industries, Firms, and Jobs is a welcome reassertion of an old tradition of interdisciplinary research. That tradition has recently weakened, largely because of an enormous expansion of the domain of neoclassical economics. The expansion has fed on two scientific developments: human capital theory and contract theory. This book is an invaluable resource for all economists, sociologists, labor specialists, and business professionals.