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Exchange, Action, and Social Structure Elements of Economic Sociology
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Milan Zafirovski
Book Code: GM1839
ISBN: 0-313-31839-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31839-9
296 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 7/30/2001
List Price: $119.95 (UK Sterling Price: £70.00)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Series Title: Contributions in Sociology
Series Number: 134
Reviews:
  • Graduate students and faculty.
    —Choice     February 2002
  • Zafirovski provides a detailed analysis of different economic approaches from a sociological point of view....[T]his is an important book which offers a useful alternative to the dominant economic paradigm.
    —Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare     September 2002
Description: This unique volume provides a new interpretation and synthesis of network exchange theory in an effort to contribute to a neo-Weberian economic sociology. Arguing against commonly held assumptions about network exchange theory and its interpretation of all social actions as economic exchanges, Zafirovski seeks to explain these processes by employing an interdisciplinary approach and by examining the impact of social and institutional structures on market-economic exchange. The author argues that economic structure, processes, and actions are the outcomes of social action and institutions, not the other way around. This "rehabilitation" of economic sociology begins with a reconsideration of the character, scope, and development of the field. The author then grounds his sociological approach to economic exchange in social action and structure before examining the role of social motivations in economic exchange. He then examines the political structuration, the cultural constitution, and the social construction of economic exchange and exchange cycles. The book concludes with a discussion of the character and variation of economic exchange in comparative social systems and the relationships of exchange, economic development, and social variables. This unique and persuasive book is an important contribution to the study of economic sociology and sociological theory.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • An Overview of Economic Sociology
  • Applying a Sociological Approach to Economic Exchange
  • Economic Exchange and Social Motivations
  • The Political Structuration of Economic Exchange
  • The Cultural Constitution of Economic Exchange
  • The Institutional Organization of Labor Markets (Income Distribution)
  • The Social Construction of Exchange (Business) Cycles
  • Economic Exchange in Comparative Social Systems
  • Exchange, Economic Development, and Social Variables
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
LC Card Number: 00-052124
LCC Class: HM548
Dewey Class: 306
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