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Economic Sociology : A Systematic Inquiry /

The sociological study of economic activity has witnessed a significant resurgence. Recent texts have chronicled economic sociology's nineteenth-century origins while pointing to the importance of context and power in economic life, yet the field lacks a clear understanding of the role that con...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Portes, Alejandro, 1944- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Economic sociology : past achievements and present challenges
  • The assumptions that ground the field
  • Social capital
  • The concept of institutions
  • The concept of social class
  • Social class (continued)
  • The informal economy
  • Ethnic enclaves and middleman minorities
  • Transnational communities
  • Markets, models, and regulation.