This article attempts to assess what has been accomplished since the mid-1980s in what has become known as 'new Economic Sociology' it is argued that New Economic Sociology has especially drawn on three strands of sociology: networks theory, cultural sociology and organizational sociology. A critique is made of the two main theoretical concepts: 'embeddedness' and 'the social construction (of the economy)'
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1997 New Economic Sociology - What Has Been Accomplished, What is Ahead
This article attempts to assess what has been accomplished since the mid-1980s in what has become known as 'new Economic Sociology' it is argued that New Economic Sociology has especially drawn on three strands of sociology: networks theory, cultural sociology and organizational sociology. A critique is made of the two main theoretical concepts: 'embeddedness' and 'the social construction (of the economy)'
This article attempts to assess what has been accomplished since the mid-1980s in what has become known as 'new Economic Sociology' it is argued that New Economic Sociology has especially drawn on three strands of sociology: networks theory, cultural sociology and organizational sociology. A critique is made of the two main theoretical concepts: 'embeddedness' and 'the social construction (of the economy)'