The Handbook of economic sociology / Neil J. Smelser and Richard Swedberg, editors.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

1. The Sociological Perspective on the Economy / Neil J. Smelser and Richard Swedberg -- 2. Culture and Economy / Paul DiMaggio -- 3. The Return of Institutional Economics / Geoffrey M. Hodgson -- 4. Transaction Cost Economics and Organization Theory / Oliver E. Williamson -- 5. Evolutionary Theorizing about Economic Change / Richard R. Nelson -- 6. Learning by Monitoring: The Institutions of Economic Development / Charles F. Sabel -- 7. A Rational Choice Perspective on Economic Sociology / James S. Coleman -- 8. Civilizations and the Organization of Economics / Gary G. Hamilton -- 9. The International Economy and Economic Development / Gary Gereffi -- 10. The Socialist Economic System / Ivan Szelenyi, Katherine Beckett and Lawrence P. King -- 11. Markets as Social Structures / Richard Swedberg -- 12. Capitalist Work and Labor Markets / Chris Tilly and Charles Tilly -- 13. Money, Banking, and Financial Markets / Mark S. Mizruchi and Linda Brewster Stearns -- 14. Trade, Transportation, and Spatial Distribution / Michael D. Irwin and John D. Kasarda -- 15. Networks and Economic Life / Walter W. Powell and Laurel Smith-Doerr -- 16. Consumption, Preferences, and Changing Lifestyles / Jonathan Frenzen, Paul M. Hirsch and Philip C. Zerrillo -- 17. The Informal Economy and Its Paradoxes / Alejandro Portes -- 18. Business Groups / Mark Granovetter -- 19. Entrepreneurship and Management / Alberto Mortinelli -- 20. Firms, Wages, and Incentives / Aage B. Sorensen -- 21. Firms and Their Environments / Nitin Nohria and Ranjay Gulati -- 22. Measuring Performance in Economic Organizations / Marshall W. Meyer -- 23. Education and the Economy / Richard Rubinson and Irene Browne -- 24. Gender and the Economy / Ruth Milkman and Eleanor Townsley -- 25. Religion and Economic Life / Robert Wuthnow -- 26. The Ethnic Economy / Ivan Light and Stavros Karageorgis -- 27. Labor and Leisure / Nicole Woolsey Biggart -- 28. The Roles of the State in the Economy / Fred Block -- 29. Welfare States and the Economy / Gosta Esping-Andersen -- 30. The Sociology of Distribution and Redistribution / Suzanne Elise Shanaban and Nancy Brandon Tuma -- 31. The Economy and the Environment / Johannes Berger.

"During recent years social scientists have come to reaffirm that understanding almost any facet of social life requires a simultaneous grasp of how economic institutions work and how they are influenced by culture. 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." "Here more than forty contributors examine the theoretical and empirical evolution of economic sociology; the social foundations of modern economic organizations; the interaction of economic factors with schools, the family, law, religion, work, and other institutions; and economic systems in historical, cross-cultural, and political perspectives. With the burgeoning of the field in the last decade, a definitive account is long overdue. Original and far-reaching, The Handbook of Economic Sociology provides a state-of-the-art overview that will appeal not only to sociologists and economists, but to all scholars who are interested in the impact of economics on the lives of people and nations."--BOOK JACKET.