Exchange, action, and social structure : elements of economic sociology / / Milan Zafirovski

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910820578103321
• Autore: Zafirovski Milan <1958->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2001
• ISBN: 0-313-07613-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Collana: Contributions in sociology, , 0084-9278 ; ; no. 134
• Disciplina: 306.3
• Soggetti: Economics - Sociological aspects; Exchange - Social aspects; Exchange theory (Sociology)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-275) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. An Overview of Economic Sociology -- Another Look at Economic Sociology -- The Social Constitution of the Economy -- Characteristics of Neo-Weberian Economic Sociology -- 2. Applying a Sociological Approach to Economic Exchange -- Grounding Economic Exchange on Social Action/Structure -- Economic Anomalies or Normal Sociological Phenomena? -- The Concept of Social Exchange Revised -- A Note on Catallactics -- 3. Economic Exchange and Socially Formed Motivations -- Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation in Economic Exchange -- The Social Construction of the Role of Money in Economic Exchange -- Money and Non-Monetary Motivation in Economic Exchange -- Institutional Motivations versus Propensities for Exchanging -- Social Motivation in Non-Market Modes of Economic Exchange -- 4. The Political Structuration of Economic Exchange -- Political Institutions and Economic Exchange -- The State and Economic Exchange -- The Impact of Other Political Factors on Economic Exchange -- Political Ideology and Economic Exchange -- Markets as Power Constellations -- An Instance of the Political Structuration of Economic Exchange -- 5. The Cultural Constitution of Economic Exchange -- Exchange as a Cultural Creation -- Exchange and Moral Norms -- Exchange and Traditions -- Cultural Foundations of the Spirit and Practice of Capitalism -- Instances of the Cultural Construction of Exchange -- 6. ; The Institutional Organization of Labor Markets (Income Distribution) -- The (Neo)Classical Economic Theory of Distribution -- Institutional Influences on Income Distribution -- Post-Materialistic Tendencies in Labor Markets and Society -- (Labor) Markets as Institutional Arrangements -- 7. The Social Construction of Exchange (Business) Cycles -- Exchange Cycles in (Neo)Classical Economics -- Exchange Cycles as Social Phenomena.; Exchange Cycles in Retrospect -- Inflation versus Unemployment -- 8. Economic Exchange in Comparative Social Systems -- Social Processes in the Rise of Capitalism -- The State and the Expansion of Capitalism -- Protestantism and Modern Capitalism -- Exchange in Traditional and Capitalist Societies -- Exchange in Post-Socialist Societies -- 9. Exchange, Economic Development, and Social Variables -- Economic Development in (Neo)Classical Economics -- Social and Other Determinants of Economic Development -- Developed versus Developing Societies -- The Growth Residual Reinterpreted -- Exchange Processes and Economic Development -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.