LEADER 03866nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910459289403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-64505-6 010 $a9786612645051 010 $a1-4008-3517-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400835171 035 $a(CKB)2670000000031720 035 $a(EBL)557155 035 $a(OCoLC)650307456 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000416414 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11259412 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000416414 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10422187 035 $a(PQKB)10538764 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC557155 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36708 035 $a(DE-B1597)446904 035 $a(OCoLC)979745516 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400835171 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL557155 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10395882 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL264505 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000031720 100 $a20091023d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEconomic sociology$b[electronic resource] $ea systematic inquiry /$fAlejandro Portes 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, NJ $cPrinceton University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (322 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-14222-X 311 $a0-691-14223-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tFigures and Tables -- $tPreface -- $tChapter one. Economic Sociology -- $tChapter two The Assumptions That Ground the Field -- $tChapter three. Social Capital -- $tChapter four. The Concept of Institutions -- $tChapter five. The Concept of Social Class -- $tChapter six. Social Class (Continued) -- $tChapter seven. The Informal Economy -- $tChapter Eight. Ethnic Enclaves and Middleman Minorities -- $tChapter nine. Transnational Communities -- $tChapter ten. Markets, Models, and Regulation -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aThe sociological study of economic activity has witnessed a significant resurgence. Recent texts have chronicled economic sociology's nineteenth-century origins while pointing to the importance of context and power in economic life, yet the field lacks a clear understanding of the role that concepts at different levels of abstraction play in its organization. Economic Sociology fills this critical gap by surveying the current state of the field while advancing a framework for further theoretical development. Alejandro Portes examines economic sociology's principal assumptions, key explanatory concepts, and selected research sites. He argues that economic activity is embedded in social and cultural relations, but also that power and the unintended consequences of rational purposive action must be factored in when seeking to explain or predict economic behavior. Drawing upon a wealth of examples, Portes identifies three strategic sites of research--the informal economy, ethnic enclaves, and transnational communities--and he eschews grand narratives in favor of mid-range theories that help us understand specific kinds of social action. The book shows how the meta-assumptions of economic sociology can be transformed, under certain conditions, into testable propositions, and puts forward a theoretical agenda aimed at moving the field out of its present impasse. 606 $aEconomics$xSociological aspects 606 $aSociology 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEconomics$xSociological aspects. 615 0$aSociology. 676 $a306.3 686 $aMS 4800$2rvk 700 $aPortes$b Alejandro$f1944-$0148764 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459289403321 996 $aEconomic sociology$92469914 997 $aUNINA