Copublished in 1994 by Princeton University Press and the Russell Sage Foundation as a synthesis of the burgeoning field of economic sociology. This resource focuses on what continues to be one of the leading edges of sociology and one of its most important interdisciplinary adventures. It is for faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates.

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

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