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BL
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993996
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b748366
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| Main Entry
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Portes, Alejandro,1944-
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| Title & Author
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Economic sociology : : a systematic inquiry /\ Alejandro Portes.
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| Publication Statement
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Princeton, N.J. :: Princeton University Press,, ©2010.
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1 online resource (xii, 307 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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1282645056
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: 1400835178
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: 6612645059
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: 9781282645059
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: 9781400835171
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: 9786612645051
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069114222X
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0691142238
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9780691142227
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9780691142234
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-290) and index.
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| Contents
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Economic sociology : past achievements and present challenges -- The assumptions that ground the field -- Social capital -- The concept of institutions -- The concept of social class -- Social class (continued) -- The informal economy -- Ethnic enclaves and middleman minorities -- Transnational communities -- Markets, models, and regulation.
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| Abstract
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The 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.
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Economics-- Sociological aspects.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Economics-- General.
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Economics-- Sociological aspects.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Popular Culture.
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Wirtschaftssoziologie
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Wirtschaftssoziologie.
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| Dewey Classification
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306.3
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| LC Classification
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HM548.P67 2010eb
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MS 4800rvk
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MS 4800.rvk
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QB 100rvk
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QB 100.rvk
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