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Economic Sociology Reformulated
Author(s) -
Zafirovski Milan,
Levine Barry B.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1997.tb03357.x
Subject(s) - economic sociology , sociology , realm , subject (documents) , field (mathematics) , positive economics , relation (database) , social science , subject matter , rational choice theory (criminology) , industrial sociology , sociological research , epistemology , economics , political science , law , work (physics) , mechanical engineering , pedagogy , philosophy , mathematics , criminology , database , library science , computer science , pure mathematics , curriculum , engineering
A bstract Previous theoretical and empirical research on economic sociology leaves much to be desired in terms of consistently defining the agenda and objectives of the discipline As a result, economic sociology often appears to lack a clearly defined mission and purpose This is epitomized by various failures to establish adequate epistemological relations of the proper realm of economic sociology with those of economics and sociology, and especially with the domain of rational choice theory This failure is compounded by a misplaced distinction between the subject matter of economic sociology and that of sociological economics, or socioeconomics And some recent works in the discipline (including the ambitious Handbook of Economic Sociology ) have not helped to remedy this situation In this paper, we try to address this situation by suggesting some reformulations of the subject matter of economic sociology in relation to those of related disciplines In addition, we attempt to redefine the field of the sociology of the market which is seen as the focal specialty of economic sociology