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

• PART I: GENERAL CONCERNS
  • Chapter 1. Introducing Economic Sociology by Neil J. Smelser and Richard Swedberg
  • Chapter 2. Comparative and Historical Approaches to Economic Sociology by Frank Dobbin
  • Chapter 3. The New Institutionalisms in Economics and Sociology by Victor Nee
  • Chapter 4. Principles of an Economic Anthropology by Pierre Bourdieu
  • Chapter 5. Behavioral Economics by Roberto Weber and Robyn Dawes
  • Chapter 6. Emotions and the Economy by Mabel Berezin
• PART II: THE ECONOMIC CORE: ECONOMIC SYSTEMS, INSTITUTIONS, AND BEHAVI
  • Section A: The Economy in a Macrosociological Perpecti
  • Chapter 7. The Economic Sociology of the Ancient Mediterranean World by Ian Morris and J. G. Manning
  • Chapter 8. The Global Economy: Organization, Governance, and Development by Gary Geref
  • Chapter 9. The Political and Economic Sociology of International Economic Arrangements by Neil Fligstein
  • Chapter 10. Post-Communist Economic Systems by Lawrence P. King and Iván Szelényi
  • Section B: The Sociology of Economic Institutions and Economic Behavi
  • Chapter 11. Markets in Society by Richard Swedberg
  • Chapter 12. The Sociology of Labor Markets and Trade Unions by Wolfgang Streeck
  • Chapter 13. Banking and Financial Markets by Linda Brewster Stearns and Mark S. Mizruchi
  • Chapter 14. Sociology of Work and Occupations by Andrew Abbott
  • Chapter 15. Culture and Consumption by Viviana Zelizer
  • Chapter 16. The Sociology of Money and Credit by Bruce G. Carruthers
  • Chapter 17. Networks and Economic Life by Laurel Smith-Doerr and Walter W. Powell
  • Chapter 18. The Informal Economy by Alejandro Portes and William Haller
  • Section C: The Sociology of Firms, Organizations, and Industri
  • Chapter 19. Business Groups and Social Organization by Mark Granovetter
  • Chapter 20. Entrepreneurship by Howard E. Aldrich
  • Chapter 21. Firms and Environments by Gerald F. Davis
• PART III: INTERSECTIONS OF THE ECONONOMY
  • Chapter 22. The State and the Economy by Fred Block and Peter Evans
  • Chapter 23. A Sociological Approach to Law and the Economy by Lauren B. Edelman and Robin Stryker
  • Chapter 24. Welfare States and the Economy Evelyne by Huber and John D. Stephens
  • Chapter 25. Education and the Economy by Mary C. Brinton
  • Chapter 26. New Directions in the Study of Religion and Economic Life by Robert Wuthnow
  • Chapter 27. Gender and Economic Sociology by Paula England and Nancy Folbre
  • Chapter 28. The Ethnic Economy by Ivan Light
  • Chapter 29. Technology and the Economy by Giovanni Dosi, Luigi Orsenigo, and Mauro Sylos Labini
  • Chapter 30. The Economy and the Environment by Allan Schnaiberg