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Guillén, Mauro F., Randall Collins, Paula England, and Meyer Marshall (eds.). The New Economic
Sociology: Developments in an Emerging Field. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2002.
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As the American economy surged in the 1990s, economic sociology made great strides
as well. Economists and sociologists worked across disciplinary boundaries to study
the booming market as both a product and a producer of culture, tracing the correlations
they saw between economic and social phenomena. In the process, they debated the
methodological issues that arose from their interdisciplinary perspectives. The New
Economic Sociology provides an overview of these debates and assesses the state of
the burgeoning discipline. The contributors summarize economic sociology's accomplishments
to date, identifying key theoretical problems and opportunities, and formulating
strategies for future research in the field.
The book opens with an introduction to the main debates and conceptual approaches
in economic sociology. Contributor Neil Fligstein suggests that the current resurgence
of interest in economic sociology is due to the way it brings together many sociological
subdisciplines including the study of markets, households, labor markets, stratification,
networks, and culture. Other contributors examine the role of economic phenomena
from a network perspective. Ron Burt, for example, demonstrates how social relationships
affect competitive dynamics in the marketplace. A third set of chapters addresses
the role of gender in economic sociology. In her chapter, Barbara Reskin rethinks
conventional notions about discrimination and points out that the law only covers
one type of discrimination, while in recent years social scientists have uncovered
other forms of hidden discrimination, which must be addressed as well. The New Economic
Sociology also addresses the problem of economic development and change from a sociological
perspective. Alejandro Portes and Margarita Mooney elaborate on one of the key emerging
concepts in economic sociology, arguing that social capital -- as an attribute of
communities and regions -- can contribute to economic and social well-being by fostering
collaboration and entrepreneurship.
The contributors concur that economic action must be interpreted through the cultural
understandings that lend it stability and meaning. By rendering these often complex
debates accessible, The New Economic Sociology makes a significant contribution to
this still rapidly developing field, and provides a useful guide for future avenues
of research
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