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Télécharger le livre :  The Economic Sociology of Development
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The Economic Sociology of Development


Andrew Schrank


Bringing the study of international inequality back into the core of sociological theory, this book offers a user-friendly introduction to development and underdevelopment. In doing so, it places various approaches to the definition, measurement, and understanding of...

Parution : 2022-12-01
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Polity
Collection : Economy and Society
J'achète
19,10
Télécharger le livre :  Wealth
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Wealth


Yuval Elmelech


The pursuit of wealth has captivated people’s attention for centuries. Yet, as a topic of social research, the way in which wealth is accumulated and unequally distributed has largely been neglected, remaining hidden beneath data on income inequality. Wealth aims to...

Parution : 2020-12-03
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Polity
Collection : Economy and Society
J'achète
19,10
Télécharger le livre :  Economic Networks
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Economic Networks


David Knoke


Social relations are crucial for understanding diverse economic actions and a network perspective is central to that explanation. Simple exchanges involving money, labor, and commodities combine into complexly connected systems. Economic networks span many levels of ...

Parution : 2014-01-21
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
Éditeur : Polity
Collection : Economy and Society
J'achète
21,52
Télécharger le livre :  Institutions and the Economy
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Institutions and the Economy


Francesco Duina


Institutions are central to economic life. They have a major impact on consumer preferences, the actions and processes of firms, levels of wealth and poverty in countries, the growth of international trade, and much more. Indeed, none of the preconditions for economic...

Parution : 2013-08-27
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
Éditeur : Polity
Collection : Economy and Society
J'achète
19,10
Télécharger le livre :  Markets
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Markets


Patrik Aspers


Our lives have gradually become dominated by markets. They are not only at the heart of capitalistic economies all over the world, but also central in public debates. This insightful book brings together existing knowledge on markets from sociology, economics and...

Parution : 2013-05-08
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
Éditeur : Polity
Collection : Economy and Society
J'achète
20,26
Télécharger le livre :  Economy and State
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Economy and State


Nina Bandelj , Elizabeth Sowers


Should governments be involved in economic affairs? Challenging prevailing wisdom about the benefits of self-regulating markets, Nina Bandelj and Elizabeth Sowers offer a uniquely sociological perspective to emphasize that states can never be divorced from economy. From...

Parution : 2013-05-08
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Polity
Collection : Economy and Society
J'achète
21,52
Télécharger le livre :  Money and Credit
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Money and Credit


Laura Ariovich , Bruce G. Carruthers


This book offers a fresh and uniquely sociological perspective on money and credit. As basic economic institutions, money and credit are easy to overlook when they work well. When they malfunction, as they did in the new millennium’s global financial crisis, their...

Parution : 2013-05-03
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
Éditeur : Polity
Collection : Economy and Society
J'achète
20,26
Télécharger le livre :  Global Capitalism
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Global Capitalism


Miguel A. Centeno , Joseph N. Cohen


The global financial crisis has challenged many of our most authoritative economic ideologies and policies. After thirty years of reshaping the world to conform to the market, governments and societies are now calling for a retreat to a yet undefined new economic order....

Parution : 2013-04-17
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Polity
Collection : Economy and Society
J'achète
21,52
Télécharger le livre :  Labor, Economy, and Society
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Labor, Economy, and Society


Jeffrey J. Sallaz


Work is, and always will be, a central institution of society. What makes a capitalist society unique is that it treats the human capacity to engage in labor as a basic commodity. This can be a source of dynamism, as when innovative firms raise wages to attract the best...

Parution : 2013-04-03
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
Éditeur : Polity
Collection : Economy and Society
J'achète
20,26

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