"The Toolkit of Economic Sociology"

Socius Working Papers

Richard Swedberg

Economic sociology is a term that was rarely heard a decade ago but which has become
quite popular again. (...). While the standard definition of
economic sociology – the application of the sociological perspective to economic
phenomena – shows that economic sociologists are primarily interested in analyzing the
economy and its main institutions, a quick look at some representative studies show that
these often include a political dimension in the analysis.

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