Description
Book SynopsisThis book systematically reconstructs the origins and new advances in economic sociology. By presenting both classical and contemporary theory and research, the volume identifies and describes the continuity between past and present, and the move from economics to economic sociology.
- Most comprehensive and up-to-date overview available by an internationally renowned, award-winning economic sociologist
- Systematically reconstructs the origins and new advances in economic sociology
- Organizes the perspectives and methods of economic sociologists of the classical and contemporary eras, including coverage of modernization, globalization, and the welfare state
- Provides insights into the social consequences of capitalism in the past and present for students of economic sociology.
Trade Review"Carlo Trigilia's book marks a major milestone in the development of economic sociology. For the first time, we have a theoretically sophisticated and lucid account of the field's evolution from 1890 to the present. Trigilia is masterful in demonstrating the theoretical and methodological continuities from Weber, Sombart, Durkheim, Polanyi, and others to the new economic sociology of the past two decades. This is a must read not only for economic sociologists but for everyone who wants to understand the history of social theory." Fred Block, University of California at Davis "With Trigilia's book, sociology has finally returned to its original territory, after it seemed to have lost it forever to economics. With impressive erudition, the author moves from the classics to the modern debate on varieties of capitalism." Wolfgang Streeck, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
Table of ContentsPreface.
Introduction: What is Economic Sociology?.
Part I: The Classics and the Sociology of Capitalism:.
1. From Classical Economics to Economic Sociology.
2. The Origins and Developments of Capitalism: Simmel and Sombart.
3. Capitalism and the Western Civilization: Max Weber.
4. The Social Consequences of Capitalism: Durkheim and Veblen.
5. The Great Depression and the Decline of Liberal Capitalism: Polanyi and Schumpeter.
Part II: Themes and Routes of Contemporary Economic Sociology:.
6. The Legacy of the Classics and the New Boundaries between Economics and Sociology.
7. Modernization and Development of Backward Areas.
8. The Keynesian Welfare State and Comparative Political Economy.
9. The Crisis of Fordism and New Economic Sociology.
10. Globalization and the Diversity of Capitalisms.
Notes.
References.
