Alex Preda

Information, Knowledge, and Economic Life

An Introduction to the Sociology of Markets

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

As financial markets have assumed an increasing prominence in societies, economic sociology has provided cogent explanations of their effect on our world. This book moves from the analysis of economic exchanges to that of the social institutions which support global markets, highlighting the social and cultural factors shaping them.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 535g
• ISBN-13: 9780199556946
• ISBN-10: 0199556946
• Artikelnr.: 27381902

Autorenporträt

Alex Preda is reader in sociology at the University of Edinburgh. He is the co-editor of The Sociology of Financial Markets (Oxford University Press, 2005) and the author of Framing Finance: The Boundaries of Markets and Modern Capitalism (Chicago University Press, 2009).

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction: Markets
Information
and Cognition * 1: Information and the Interaction Order of Markets * 2: Markets as Networks
Groups
and Communities * 3: Markets
Information
and Economic Expertise * 4: Technology and Market Information * 5: Institutions and Markets * Conclusion: The Sociology of Markets: Information
Cognition
and Social Behaviour