A fascinating study of interest in a variety of fields Interest is used in different contexts, from everyday language to political and social communication. This book discusses what interest means in economics, sociology, political science, and history, and looks at how its meaning has changed over [...]
While most people are familiar with 'The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism', few know that during the last decade of his life Max Weber (1864-1920) also tried to develop a new way of analyzing economic phenomena, which he termed 'economic sociology'. Indeed, this effort occupies the cent[...]
The last fifteen years have witnessed an explosion in the popularity, creativity, and productiveness of economic sociology, an approach that traces its roots back to Max Weber. This important new text offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of economic sociology. It also advances the field th[...]
Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) has long been recognized as a major political and social thinker as well as historian, but his writings also contain a wealth of little-known insights into economic life and its connection to the rest of society. In "Tocqueville's Political Economy", Richard Swedberg [...]
In the social sciences today, students are taught theory by reading and analyzing the works of Karl Marx, Max Weber, and other foundational figures of the discipline. What they rarely learn, however, is how to actually theorize. The Art of Social Theory is a practical guide to doing just that. In t[...]
In recent years, sociologists have taken up a fruitful examination of institutions such as capital, labor, and product markets; industrial organization; and stock exchanges. Compared to earlier traditions of economic sociology, recent work shows more interest in phenomena usually studied exclusively[...]
Analysen av hur människors interaktion organiseras är central för att förstå samhällsutvecklingens förutsättningar i stort. Forskningen om organisationer har under senare år även blivit en av de mest spännande och vitala delarna av samtida samhällsforskning.
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