Robert J Holton

Economy and Society

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Economy and Society is a major landmark in the recent emergence of economic sociology. Robert J. Holton provides a major new synthesis of social scientific thinking on the inter-relationship between economy and society arguing for the importance of politics and culture to the functioning of the economy and drawing on the strengths but avoiding the weaknesses of economic liberalism and political economy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 144mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9780415029094
• ISBN-10: 0415029090
• Artikelnr.: 20976978

Autorenporträt

Robert J. Holton

Inhaltsangabe

PART 1: 1. Defining the economy: a historical, multi-dimensional approach
2. The differentiation of economy and society PART 2: Introduction 3.
Economic Liberalism and the theory of the market 4. An evaluation of the
traditions of economic liberalism 5. Political Economy: Bringing power back
in 6. Political economy: A critical assessment 7. Economic sociology:
Bringing culture back in 8. Economic sociology: An evaluation of a
culture-inclusive theory of economy and society 9. Economic sociology:
Towards a new synthesis