Handbook of economic sociology for the 21st century: new theoretical approaches, empirical studies and developments
In: Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research
Intro -- Where We Came from, Where We Are, and Where We Expect to Go: New Challenges and Developments in Economic Sociology Today -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I: Theoretical Perspectives and Developments -- 1: The Classic Tradition in Economic Sociology -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Classic Tradition -- 2.1 Alexis de Tocqueville -- 2.2 Karl Marx -- 2.3 Max Weber -- 2.4 Joseph Schumpeter -- 2.5 Karl Polanyi -- 2.6 Mark Granovetter -- 2.7 Pierre Bourdieu -- 2.8 Single Contributions to the Classic Tradition -- 3 Concluding Remarks -- 3.1 Respecification -- 3.2 Reconceptualization -- 3.3 Recombination -- References -- 2: Austrian and German Classics as a Foundation? -- 1 Economics and Sociology in Europe at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century -- 2 Weber, Schumpeter, and Polanyi on Economy and Society -- 2.1 Max Weber -- 2.2 Joseph A. Schumpeter -- 2.3 Karl Polanyi -- 3 The Changing Character of Economic Sociology -- 4 The Relevance of the Classics -- References -- 3: James Coleman, Social Capital, and Economic Sociology -- 1 Social Capital Defined -- 2 Some Forms of Social Capital -- 2.1 Trust -- 2.2 Information Flows -- 2.3 Effective Norms -- 2.4 Organizations -- 3 Combination of Social Capital and Other Resources -- 4 Developing Social Capital -- 5 Social Capital and Education -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- 4: Social Factors in the Economy: New Economic Sociology and the Mechanism Approach -- 1 The Double-Face of Success -- 2 The Research Program of New Economic Sociology -- 2.1 Background and Aims -- 2.2 Principles and Essential Tools: Causal Explanations -- 2.3 Strengths and Shortcomings -- 3 The Idea of Explanatory Sociology and Action-Based Explanations -- 3.1 Background and Methodological Ideas of Action-Based Explanations in Sociology -- 3.2 Main Forms of Action-Based Explanations in Sociology -- 3.3 Analytical Mechanism Approach.