The Welfare State and the Economy

Abstract

Second edition. Reflecting the growing interest in economic sociology, this new edition has been comprehensively updated to include important developments in this field of scholarship since the mid-nineties. Introducing economic sociology / Neil J. Smelser, Richard Swedberg -- Comparative and historical approaches to economic sociology / Frank Dobbin -- The new institutionalisms in economics and sociology / Victor Nee -- Principles of an economic anthropology / Pierre Bourdieu -- Behavioral economics / Roberto Weber, Robyn Dawes -- Emotions and the economy / Mabel Berezin -- The economic sociology of the ancient Mediterranean world / Ian Morris, J.G. Manning -- The global economy : organization, governance, and development / Gary Gereffi -- The political and economic sociology of international economic arrangements / Neil Fligstein -- Post-communist economic systems / Lawrence P. King, Ivan Szelenyi -- Markets in society / Richard Swedberg -- The sociology of labor markets and trade unions / Wolfgang Streeck -- Banking and financial markets / Linda Brewster Stearns, Mark S. Mizruchi -- Sociology of work and occupations / Andrew Abbott -- Culture and consumption / Vivianna Zelizer -- The sociology of money and credit / Bruce G. Carruthers -- Networks and economic life / Laurel Smith-Doerr, Walter W. Powell -- The informal economy / Alejandro Portes, William Haller -- Business groups and social organization / Mark Granovetter -- Entrepreneurship / Howard E. Aldrich -- Firms and environments / Gerald F. Davis -- The state and the economy / Fred Black, Peter Evans -- A sociological approach to law and the economy / Lauren B. Edelman, Robin Stryker -- Welfare states and the economy / Evelyne Huber, John D. Stephens -- Education and the economy / Mary C. Brinton -- New directions in the study of religion and economic life / Robert Wuthnow -- Gender and economic sociology / Paula England, Nancy Folbre -- The ethnic economy / Ivan Light -- Technology and economy / Giovanni Dosi, Luigi Orsenigo, Mauro Sylos Labini -- The economy and the environment / Allan Schnaiberg.