ABSTRACT

This handbook presents a systematic and comprehensive overview of economic sociology, an exemplary interdisciplinary field which draws on theoretical frameworks and empirical findings from both economics and sociology to present a unique lens on the interdependence of the economy and society. The handbook is arranged in four parts which together present the current state-of-the-art of economic sociology as well as pointing toward future directions for research. The first part outlines the theoretical foundations of economic sociology and its relations to other fields, particularly with regard to other alternative approaches to economics, and looks at conceptions and definitions of economic sociology vary. The second part provides an overview of the historical development of economic sociology from classical political economy to the present day. The third part explores the main problematics of economic sociology, analyzing the economy in relation to particular social institutions, the state, ideology, culture and art, religion, gender, race/ethnicity, and more. The fourth part focuses on the principal branches including sociology of the market, industrial organization and work, uncertainty, distribution and inequality, money and finance, and the environment. The stellar international cast of contributors is drawn from both economics and sociology, therefore presenting a holistic view of the field and contributing to a rejuvenation of economic sociology within economics. It is an indispensable reference work for researchers and students across a broad range of sociological and economic disciplines.

part I|115 pages

Theoretical foundations and relations of economic sociology

chapter 5|18 pages

Marxism or economic sociology

chapter 6|43 pages

Sociological economics

Its elements in economics and its convergence with economic sociology

part III|191 pages

Main problematics of economic sociology

chapter 13|20 pages

Economy and polity

chapter 16|17 pages

Economic sociology as comparative macrosociology

Exemplified by the moral economy of debt

chapter 17|15 pages

The daily-life and moral economy

chapter 18|15 pages

The creative economy

Production, consumption, and temporality

chapter 19|19 pages

Emotions and the economy

part IV|178 pages

Special branches and problems of economic sociology

chapter 23|19 pages

The sociology of economic enterprise, management, entrepreneurship, and innovation

Public sector, private sector, and non-governmental organizations

chapter 24|14 pages

Fiscal sociology

chapter 26|18 pages

Sociology of consumption, leisure, and lifestyle

What is a theory of consumption a theory of?

chapter 29|22 pages

Global economy, culture, and unequal ecological exchange in late modernity

The role of fractal institutional processes in addressing imbalances

chapter 30|19 pages

The sociology of sustainable development

A focus on communities

chapter 31|18 pages

The future in the economy