The New Economic Sociology Developments in an Emerging Field / edited by Mauro F. Guillen ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Guillén, Mauro F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Sociological aspects.

Economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 p.)

Edition:

First papercover edition.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016

Place of Publication:

New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As the American economy surged in the 1990s, economic sociology made great strides as well.Economists and sociologists worked across disciplinary boundaries to study the booming market as both a product and a producer of culture, tracing the correlations they saw between economic and social phenomena.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. The Revival of Economic Sociology / Mauro F. Guillen, Randall Collins, Paula England, and Marshall Meyer; Part I. Major Debates and Conceptual Approaches in Economic Sociology; Chapter 2. A Theoretical Agenda for Economic Sociology / Mark Granovetter; Chapter 3. Agreements, Disagreements, and Opportunities in the "New Sociology of Markets" / Neil Fligstein; Chapter 4. Endogenizing "Animal Spirits": Toward a Sociology of Collective Response to Uncertainty and Risk / Paul DiMaggio; Chapter 5. Enter Culture / Viviana A. Zelizer

Part II. Social Networks and Economic SociologyChapter 6. Markets and Firms: Notes Toward the Future of Economic Sociology / Harrison C. White; Chapter 7. The Social Capital of Structural Holes / Ronald S. Burt; Part III. Gender Inequality and Economic Sociology; Chapter 8. Telling Stories About Gender and Effort: Social Science Narratives About Who Works Hard for the Money / William T. Bielby and Denise D. Bielby; Chapter 9. Rethinking Employment Discrimination and Its Remedies / Barbara F. Reskin

Chapter 10. Gender and the Organization-Building Process in Young High-Tech Firms / James N. Baron, Michael T. Hannan, Greta Hsu, and Ozgecan KocakChapter 11. Intimate Transactions / Viviana A. Zelizer; Part IV. The Economic Sociology of Development; Chapter 12. Social Capital and Community Development / Alejandro Portes and Margarita Mooney; Chapter 13. Globalization and Mobilization: Resistance to Neoliberalism in Latin America / Susan Eckstein; Index

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-61044-260-1

OCLC:

922324322