Economic Sociology: A Systematic Inquiry

by Alejandro Portes

Book Overview

The sociological study of economic activity has witnessed a significant resurgence. Recent texts have chronicled economic sociology's nineteenth-century origins while pointing to the importance of context and power in economic life, yet the field lacks a clear understanding of the role that concepts at different levels of abstraction play in its organization. Economic Sociology fills this critical gap by surveying the current state of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691142238
• ISBN13: 9780691142234
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"