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This book represents a major step forward in the use of economic sociology to illuminate the nature and workings of capitalism amid the far-reaching changes of the contemporary era of global capitalism. For the past twenty years economic sociologists have focused on mesa-level phenomena of networks, but they have done relatively little to analyze capitalism as an overall system or to show how such phenomena emerge from and shape the dynamics of capitalism. The Economic Sociology of Capitalism seeks to change this, by presenting both big-picture analyses of capitalism and more focused pieces on institutions crucial to capitalism. The book, which includes sixteen chapters by leading scholars in economic sociology, is organized around three broad themes. The first section addresses core issues and problems in the new study of capitalism; the second considers a variety of topics concerning America, the leading capitalist economy of the world; and the third focuses attention on the question of convergence stemming from the global transformation of capitalism and the challenge of explaining institutional change. The contributions, which follow a foreword by economic historian Avner Greif and the editor's introduction, are by Mitchel Abolafia, James Baron and Michael Hannan, Mary C. Brinton, John Campbell, Gerald Davis and Christopher Marquis, Paul DiMaggio and Joseph Cohen, Peter Evans, Neil Fligstein, John Freeman, Francis Fukuyama, Ko Kuwabara, Victor Nee, Douglass C. North, AnnaLee Saxenian, Richard Swedberg, and Viviana Zelizer.

Economic sociology --- Capitalism --- Economics --- Social aspects. --- Sociological aspects. --- Capitalisme --- Economie politique --- Aspect social --- Aspect sociologique --- Socio-economics --- Socioeconomics --- Sociology of economics --- Sociology --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- American Depository Receipts (ADRs). --- Blinder, Alan. --- Blomstrom, Magnus. --- Coleman, James S. --- Company Law. --- Davis, Gerald F. --- Douglas, Mary. --- East Asian miracle. --- Etzioni, Amitai. --- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. --- Fung, Archon. --- Geertz, Clifford. --- Greenspan, Alan. --- Hannemyr, Gisle. --- Hewlett Packard. --- Intel. --- Ithaca HOURS. --- Jiang, Mianheng. --- King, Robert G. --- Lawler, Edward J. --- Lombra, Raymond. --- Maisel, Sherman. --- Newcomb, Horace. --- Schumacher Society. --- anticipatory socialization. --- capability approach. --- endogenous motivation. --- negotiating. --- opportunity hoarding. --- oppositional norms. --- pegged currencies. --- Ekonomisk sociologi. --- Nationalekonomi --- Kapitalism --- Globalisering. --- Nationalekonomi. --- Kapitalism. --- Economics. --- Capitalism. --- Market economy --- Profit --- Capital --- Economic theory --- Political economy --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- sociologiska aspekter. --- sociala aspekter.