ISBN:
9780191065347
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (339 pages)
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DDC:
306.3
Keywords:
Economics--Sociological aspects
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Electronic books
Abstract:
The purpose of this book is to explore new developments in the field of economic sociology. It contains cutting-edge theoretical discussions by some of the world's leading economic sociologists, with chapters on topics such as the economic convention, relational sociology, economic identity, economy and law, economic networks and institutions.
Abstract:
Cover -- Re-Imagining Economic Sociology -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Classical Economic Sociology -- The Formation of New Economic Sociology -- Theoretical Contributions to Economic Sociology -- The Network Approach -- The Cultural Approach -- The Organization Approach -- The Performativity Approach -- Boundaries, Challenges, and Future Development -- Outline of the Book -- References -- 1: Theorizing in Economic Sociology -- From Theory to Theorizing -- Step 1: Observing -- Step 2: Naming the Phenomenon, Developing Concepts, Perhaps Constructing a Typology -- Step 3: Using Analogies, Metaphors, and Patterns -- Step 4: Coming Up with an Explanation -- Preparing for Theorizing -- Concluding Remarks -- APPENDIX 1 Some Concepts and Theoriesin Economic Sociology -- References -- Part I: Creating Economic Futures -- 2: Re-imagining Capitalist Dynamics: Fictional Expectations and the Openness of Economic Futures -- The Temporal Order of Capitalism -- Economic Detraditionalization -- Institutional Preconditions for an Open Economic Future -- Imagined Futures -- Expectations -- Fictional Expectations -- Four Constituents of Capitalist Dynamics -- Money and Credit -- Investment -- Innovation -- Consumption -- Conclusion -- References -- 3: Utopianism and the Future of Money -- Introduction -- Ruskin´s Labor Money -- Gesell´s Rotting Money -- Proudhon´s Bank -- Mutualism: Clifford Hugh Douglas -- Edwin Riegel and Monetary Freedom -- Fisher´s 100 Percent Money -- Bitcoin -- Ecological Money -- The Euro -- Conclusion -- References -- 4: What is a Financial Market? Global Markets as Media-Institutional Forms -- Financial Market Action: Not Simply Exchange -- Real Financial Market Action: Contingent Promises, Position Taking, and Trading -- The Architecture of Financial Markets.
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