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The Architecture of Markets : An Economic Sociology of Twenty-First-Century Capitalist Societies /

Market societies have created more wealth, and more opportunities for more people, than any other system of social organization in history. Yet we still have a rudimentary understanding of how markets themselves are social constructions that require extensive institutional support. This groundbreaki...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fligstein, Neil (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • Preface
  • 1. Bringing Sociology Back In
  • PART I
  • 2. Markets as Institutions
  • 3. The Politics of the Creation of Market Institutions
  • 4. The Theory of Fields and the Problem of Market Formation
  • PART II
  • 5. The Logic of Employment Systems
  • 6. The Dynamics of U.S. Firms and the Issue of Ownership and Control in the 1970s
  • 7. The Rise of the Shareholder Value Conception of the Firm and the Merger Movement in the 1980s
  • 8. Corporate Control in Capitalist Societies
  • 9. Globalization
  • 10. Conclusions
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index