In Search of an East Asian Development Model
In: Pacific affairs: an international review of Asia and the Pacific, Band 64, Heft 3, S. 387
ISSN: 1715-3379
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In: Pacific affairs: an international review of Asia and the Pacific, Band 64, Heft 3, S. 387
ISSN: 1715-3379
In: Desarrollo económico: revista de ciencias sociales, Band 15, Heft 60, S. 641
ISSN: 1853-8185
In: utb 3495
In: Soziologie
In: Bibliothèque des classiques
In: Commentary, Band 80, Heft 5, S. 25-107
ISSN: 0010-2601
World Affairs Online
In: Commentary, Band 65, Heft 4, S. 29-71
ISSN: 0010-2601
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In: Journal of democracy, Band 3, Heft 3, S. 7, 17, 32,
ISSN: 1045-5736
In: American political science review, Band 101, Heft 3, S. 505-525
ISSN: 0003-0554
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Economic sociology is a rapidly expanding field, applying sociology's core insight--that individuals behave according to scripts that are tied to social roles--to economic behavior. It places homo economicus (that tried-and-true fictive actor who is completely rational, acts only out of self-interest, and has perfect information) in context. In this way, it places a construct into a framework that more closely approximates the world in which we live. But, as an academic field, economic sociology has lost focus. The New Economic Sociology remedies this. The book comprises twenty of the most representative and widely read articles in the field's history--its classics--and organizes them according to four themes at the heart of sociology: institutions, networks, power, and cognition. Dobbin's substantial and engagingly written introduction (including his rich comparison of Yanomamo chest-beaters and Wall Street bond-traders) sets a clear framework for what follows. Gathering force throughout is Dobbin's argument that economic practices emerge through distinctly social processes, in which social networks and power resources play roles in the social construction of certain behaviors as rational or optimal. Not only does Dobbin provide a consummate introduction to the field and its history to students approaching the subject for the first time, but he also establishes a schema for interpreting the field based on an understanding of what economic sociology aims to achieve