In recent years, sociologists have taken up a fruitful examination of institutions such as capital, labor, and product markets; industrial organization; and stock exchanges. Compared to earlier traditions of economic sociology, recent work shows more interest in phenomena usually studied exclusively by economists. At the same time, recent work challenges the adequacy of the neo...(展开全部)

In recent years, sociologists have taken up a fruitful examination of institutions such as capital, labor, and product markets; industrial organization; and stock exchanges. Compared to earlier traditions of economic sociology, recent work shows more interest in phenomena usually studied exclusively by economists. At the same time, recent work challenges the adequacy of the neo...(展开全部)

理查德·斯威德伯格，瑞典人，曾任瑞典斯德哥尔摩大学社会学系副教授，现任美国康奈尔大学社会学系教授，专业领域是经济社会学。 主要著作有：《经济社会学原理》（2003），《马克斯·韦伯及其经济社会学思想》（1988），《熊彼特传》（1991），《经济学与社会学》（1990），《经济社会学：过去与现在》（1987）等；并与尼尔·斯梅尔策合编《经济社会学手册》（1994），与彼特·赫斯特罗姆合编《社会机制：一种社会理论的分析的方法》等。

The last fifteen years have witnessed an explosion in the popularity, creativity, and productiveness of economic sociology, an approach that traces its roots back to Max Weber. This important new text offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of economic sociology. It also advances the field theoretically by highlighting, in one analysis, the crucial economic roles of both...(展开全部)

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 bee...(展开全部)

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 ...(展开全部)

理查德·斯威德伯格现任美国康奈尔大学社会学系教授，专业领域是经济社会学。

While most people are familiar with THE PROTESTANT ETHIC AND THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM, few know that during the last decade of his life, Max Weber (1864-1920) also tried to develop a new way of analyzing economic phenomena. Sociologist Richard Swedberg here offers a critical presentation and the first major study of this fascinating part of Weber's work.

Translated by Ephraim Fischoff With a new Foreword by Ann Swidler