Description
Book Synopsis* Clear and concise book that explains how the functioning and shape of the economy depend upon social institutions. * Reveals the crucial role formal and informal institutions in everyday life play in how the economy works.
Trade Review"I have been waiting a long time for a book like this. It's a fantastic overview of the institutionalist approach to economic sociology - the best discussion yet about how institutions affect the economy at the individual, organizational, national, and international levels. It is beautifully written and loaded with great examples. Who would have thought that paying a toll on a highway or buying a shirt could shed so much light on how institutions affect economic behavior? This is a wonderful book for any course in economic sociology. But I hope that organizational theorists, political scientists, and economists read it too. There is much to learn here for everyone."
John L. Campbell, Dartmouth College and Copenhagen Business School "Institutions and the Economy is very insightful and straightforward in addressing the complex topic of institutions from an economic sociology point of view. Duina brings not only a tremendous amount of breadth but also depth, as he builds from a strong introduction into the current debates of the impact of institutions on individuals, organizations, countries, and the international economy."
Ruth Aguilera, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
I. INTRODUCTION
1 Institutions and the Economy
II. THE IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONS
2 Individuals
3 Organizations
4 National Economies
5 International Economy
III.CONCLUSION
6 Challenges and Future Research
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