The Handbook of Economic Sociology - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0691044856 ISBN 13: 9780691044859

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1995

Synopsis

During recent years social scientists have come to reaffirm that understanding almost any facet of social life requires a simultaneous understanding of how economic institutions work and how they are influenced by values and norms. Sociology, and especially economic sociology, is well equipped to be of assistance in this endeavor. Neil Smelser and Richard Swedberg bring together leading sociologists, economists, and political scientists in The Handbook of Economic Sociology, the first comprehensive view of this vital and growing field.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

"This is the first comprehensive theoretical and empirical account of the burgeoning field of economic sociology. The scholarship is consistently strong. . . . The book will be greeted warmly and read by serious scholars throughout the social sciences."--Robert K. Merton

"This is a bold, ambitious, almost daunting project. . . . It will surely become the standard reference book for the field--the sort of text every scholar will have to know, consult, and cite."--Viviana Zelizer

About the Author:

Neil J. Smelser, formerly University Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, is Director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford.
Richard Swedberg is Professor of Sociology at the University of Stockholm and is the author of Schumpeter: A Biography (Princeton).

About this edition

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0691044856
• ISBN 13: 9780691044859
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 848
• Editor: Smelser Neil J., Swedberg Richard