The Economic Sociology of Capitalism edited by Victor Nee and Richard Swedberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Swedberg, Richard., Editor.

Nee, Victor, 1945- Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Sociological aspects.

Capitalism--Social aspects.

Economics.

Capitalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xlvii, 457 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2005.

Summary:

This book represents a major step forward in the use of economic sociology to illuminate the nature and workings of capitalism amid the far-reaching changes of the contemporary era of global capitalism. For the past twenty years economic sociologists have focused on mesa-level phenomena of networks, but they have done relatively little to analyze capitalism as an overall system or to show how such phenomena emerge from and shape the dynamics of capitalism. The Economic Sociology of Capitalism seeks to change this, by presenting both big-picture analyses of capitalism and more focused pieces on institutions crucial to capitalism. The book, which includes sixteen chapters by leading scholars in economic sociology, is organized around three broad themes. The first section addresses core issues and problems in the new study of capitalism; the second considers a variety of topics concerning America, the leading capitalist economy of the world; and the third focuses attention on the question of convergence stemming from the global transformation of capitalism and the challenge of explaining institutional change. The contributions, which follow a foreword by economic historian Avner Greif and the editor's introduction, are by Mitchel Abolafia, James Baron and Michael Hannan, Mary C. Brinton, John Campbell, Gerald Davis and Christopher Marquis, Paul DiMaggio and Joseph Cohen, Peter Evans, Neil Fligstein, John Freeman, Francis Fukuyama, Ko Kuwabara, Victor Nee, Douglass C. North, AnnaLee Saxenian, Richard Swedberg, and Viviana Zelizer.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword: Institutions, Markets, and Games

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART I: The New Study of Capitalism

The Economic Sociology of Capitalism: An Introduction and Agenda

Capitalism and Economic Growth

Organizational Dynamics of Institutional Change: Politicized Capitalism in China

Still Disenchanted? The Modernity of Postindustrial Capitalism

The Challenges of the "Institutional Turn": New Interdisciplinary Opportunities in Development Theory

PART 2: Institutions of American Capitalism

States, Markets, and Economic Growth

Venture Capital and Modern Capitalism

The Economic Sociology of Organizational Entrepreneurship: Lessons from the Stanford Project on Emerging Companies

Making Sense of Recession: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Economic Action

Information Inequality and Network Externalities: A Comparative Study of the Diffusion of Television and the Internet

Affective Attachment in Electronic Markets: A Sociological Study of eBay

Circuits within Capitalism

PART 3. Global Transformation and Institutional Change

Brain Circulation and Capitalist Dynamics: Chinese Chipmaking and the Silicon Valley-Hsinchu-Shanghai Triangle

The Globalization of Stock Markets and Convergence in Corporate Governance

Fiscal Sociology in an Age of Globalization: Comparing Tax Regimes in Advanced Capitalist Countries

Trouble in Paradise: Institutions in the Japanese Economy and the Youth Labor Market

List of Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691119588

0691119589

OCLC:

1273306613