Posts Tagged socialist economies
The Handbook of Economic Sociology, Second Edition
The Handbook of Economic Sociology, Second Edition is the most comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of economic sociology available. The first edition, copublished in 1994 by Princeton University Press and the Russell Sage Foundation as a synthesis of the burgeoning field of economic sociology, soon established itself as the definitive presentation of the field, and has been widely read, reviewed, and adopted. Since then, the field of economic sociology has continued to grow by leaps and bounds and to move into new theoretical and empirical territory.
The second edition, while being as all-embracing in its coverage as the first edition, represents a wholesale revamping. Neil Smelser and Richard Swedberg have kept the main overall framework intact, but nearly two-thirds of the chapters are new or have new authors. As in the first edition, they bring together leading sociologists as well as representatives of other social sciences. But the thirty chapters of this volume incorporate many substantial thematic changes and new lines of research–for example, more focus on international and global concerns, chapters on institutional analysis, the transition from socialist economies, organization and networks, and the economic sociology of the ancient world. The Handbook of Economic Sociology, Second Edition is the definitive resource on what continues to be one of the leading edges of sociology and one of its most important interdisciplinary adventures. It is a must read for all faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates doing work in the field.
- A thoroughly revised and updated version of the most comprehensive treatment of economic sociology available
- Almost two-thirds of the chapters are new or have new authors
- Authors include leading sociologists as well as representatives of other social sciences
- Substantial thematic changes and new lines of research, including more focus on international and global concerns, institutional analysis, the transition from socialist economies, and organization and networks
- The definitive resource on what continues to be one of the leading edges of sociology and one of its most important interdisciplinary adventures
- A must read for faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates doing work in the field
List Price: $ 62.50
Price: [wpramaprice asin="0691121265"]
Tags: definitive resource, Economic, economic sociology, Edition, global concerns, Handbook, institutional analysis, leaps and bounds, neil smelser, new authors, princeton university press, russell sage foundation, Second, socialist economies, SociologyRelated posts
Comparative Economics in a Transforming World Economy, 2nd Edition
This second edition of an innovative undergraduate text offers an approach to understanding different economic systems that reflects both recent transformations in the world economy and recent changes in the field of Comparative Economic Systems. The traditional way of teaching comparative economics, with its reliance on relatively simple dichotomies (private vs. state, planning vs. market) does not take into consideration the many variants and mixtures of economic systems that exist in the real world. The Rossers’ introduction in the first edition of the concept of the “new traditional economy”—the effort by a developing country to embed a modern economic system into a traditional culture, usually religious—presented a new way to look at developing economies. Their innovative examination of Iran and its effort to develop a “revolutionary Islamic economy” as an alternative to market capitalism illustrates the use of this new tool in comparative economics.
After a four-chapter theoretical and historical overview, the book focuses on fifteen country studies, organized by economic system. The chapters on advanced market capitalism examine the economies of the United States (a chapter new to this edition) Japan, France, Sweden, and Germany. The chapters examining transition in former socialist economies discuss Russia, the former Soviet Republics, Poland, Hungary, Yugoslavia (including expanded treatment of the most successful transition economy, that of Slovenia), and China. The chapters in the final section of the book discuss “alternative paths” taken by the developing economies of Iran, India (its complex mix of socialism, capitalism, and tradition is examined in a chapter new to this edition), Mexico, and South and North Korea. The book concludes with a look at future trends that will continue to transform the world economy.
List Price: $ 105.00
Price: [wpramaprice asin="0262182343"]
Tags: Comparative, comparative economic systems, comparative economics, different economic systems, Economics, Economy, Edition, islamic economy, market capitalism, socialist economies, soviet republics, traditional economy, Transforming, transition economy, undergraduate text, WorldRelated posts