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

• Autore: Zafirovski Milan <1958->
• Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2001
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.3
• Soggetto topico: Economics - Sociological aspects; Exchange - Social aspects; Exchange theory (Sociology)
• 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: This unique volume provides a new interpretation and synthesis of network exchange theory in an effort to contribute to a neo-Weberian economic sociology. Arguing against commonly held assumptions about network exchange theory and its interpretation of all social actions as economic exchanges, Zafirovski seeks to explain these processes by employing an interdisciplinary approach and by examining the impact of social and institutional structures on market-economic exchange. The author argues that economic structure, processes, and actions are the outcomes of social action and institutions, not the other way around. This rehabilitation of economic sociology begins with a reconsideration of the character, scope, and development of the field. The author then grounds his sociological approach to economic exchange in social action and structure before examining the role of social motivations in economic exchange. He then examines the political structuration, the cultural constitution, and the social construction of economic exchange and exchange cycles. The book concludes with a discussion of the character and variation of economic exchange in comparative social systems and the relationships of exchange, economic development, and social variables. This unique and persuasive book is an important contribution to the study of economic sociology and sociological theory.
• Titolo autorizzato: Exchange, action, and social structure
• ISBN: 9780313076138; 0313076138
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910974517503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contributions in sociology ; ; no. 134.