Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Introducing economic sociology , Comparative and historical approaches to economic sociology , The new institutionalisms in economics and sociology , Principles of an economic anthropology , Behavioral economics , Emotions and the economy , The economic sociology of the ancient Mediterranean world , The global economy : organization, governance, and development , The political and economic sociology of international economic arrangements , Post-communist economic systems , Markets in society , The sociology of labor markets and trade unions , Banking and financial markets , Sociology of work and occupations , Culture and consumption , The sociology of money and credit , Networks and economic life , The informal economy , Business groups and social organization , Entrepreneurship , Firms and environments , The state and the economy , A sociological approach to law and the economy , Welfare states and the economy , Education and the economy , New directions in the study of religion and economic life , Gender and economic sociology , The ethnic economy , Technology and economy , The economy and the environment

Note: Main description: The Handbook of Economic Sociology, Second Edition is the most comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of economic sociology available. The first edition, copublished in 1994 by Princeton University Press and the Russell Sage Foundation as a synthesis of the burgeoning field of economic sociology, soon established itself as the definitive presentation of the field, and has been widely read, reviewed, and adopted. Since then, the field of economic sociology has continued to grow by leaps and bounds and to move into new theoretical and empirical territory. The second edition, while being as all-embracing in its coverage as the first edition, represents a wholesale revamping. Neil Smelser and Richard Swedberg have kept the main overall framework intact, but nearly two-thirds of the chapters are new or have new authors. As in the first edition, they bring together leading sociologists as well as representatives of other social sciences. , But the thirty chapters of this volume incorporate many substantial thematic changes and new lines of research--for example, more focus on international and global concerns, chapters on institutional analysis, the transition from socialist economies, organization and networks, and the economic sociology of the ancient world. The Handbook of Economic Sociology, Second Edition is the definitive resource on what continues to be one of the leading edges of sociology and one of its most important interdisciplinary adventures. It is a must read for all faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates doing work in the field. , A thoroughly revised and updated version of the most comprehensive treatment of economic sociology available Almost two-thirds of the chapters are new or have new authors Authors include leading sociologists as well as representatives of other social sciences Substantial thematic changes and new lines of research, including more focus on international and global concerns, institutional analysis, the transition from socialist economies, and organization and networks The definitive resource on what continues to be one of the leading edges of sociology and one of its most important interdisciplinary adventures A must read for faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates doing work in the field