How to model an institution
In: Theory and society: renewal and critique in social theory, Band 37, Heft 5, S. 485-512
ISSN: 1573-7853
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In: Theory and society: renewal and critique in social theory, Band 37, Heft 5, S. 485-512
ISSN: 1573-7853
In: The American journal of sociology, Band 94, S. S17-S51
ISSN: 1537-5390
In: Behavioral science, Band 21, Heft 1, S. 26-35
In: Administrative Science Quarterly, Band 16, Heft 4, S. 559
In: Revue française de sociologie, Band 7, Heft 3, S. 400
In: The American journal of sociology, Band 81, Heft 4, S. 730-780
ISSN: 1537-5390
In: The American journal of sociology, Band 116, Heft 3, S. 943-992
ISSN: 1537-5390
In: The journal of mathematical sociology, Band 28, Heft 4, S. 261-295
ISSN: 1545-5874
In: Theorie und Gesellschaft 63
Märkte sind die bedeutendste Institution zur Steuerung kapitalistischer Ökonomien. Die Wirtschaftssoziologie untersucht das Markthandeln unter dem Aspekt der sozialen, kulturellen und politischen Einbettung der Akteure. Dieser Band versammelt erstmalig in deutscher Sprache Beiträge zur soziologischen Forschung über Märkte, unter anderem von international führenden Autoren wie Olivier Godechot, Akos Rona-Tas, Donald MacKenzie, Robert Salais, Richard Swedberg und Harrison C. White.
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