International Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology

by Jens Beckert (Editor), Milan Zafirovski (Editor)

Overview

The International Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology is the first encyclopedia in the field and a timely response to the surge of interest in economic sociology over the last 30 years. Economic Sociology deals with the multiple and complex relations between economy and society. In particular, it focuses on the impact of social, political and cultur

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136777776
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/27/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	800
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Jens Beckert, Milan Zafirovski

Table of Contents

Accounting; Advertisement; Adaptation; Agency Theory; AGIL Model; Alienation; Altruism; American Institutionalism; Anomie; Art and Economy; Aspirations; Asymmetrical Information; Atomism; Auctions; Auditing; Austrian Economics; Authority; Autopoiesis; Bankruptcy; Banks; Bargaining Theory; Barter; Behavioral Economics; Beliefs; bounded rationality; Bourdieu, Pierre; Bureaucracy; Business Associations; Calculation; Capital; Capitalism; Capitalist Class, Transnational; Care; Carnegie School; Catallactic Exchange; Chandler, Alfred; Charisma; Children and Economic Life; Choice; Class; Classical Economic Sociology; Classification; cCiques; Clusters; Cognition; Cognitive Embeddedness; Coleman, James; Collective Action; Collective Goods; Collective Representation; Colonialism; Communism; Community and Economy

Editorial Reviews

'Although intended for reference for students and business practitioners, the entries are of sufficient length to allow this volume to serve as a supplemental text for economic sociology classes. Entries are signed, cross-referenced and include brief bibliographies.' - Reference & Research Book News

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