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List of Tables | p. xi |
Preface | p. xiii |
Bringing Sociology Back In | p. 3 |
A Critique of the Existing Literature in the Sociology of Markets | p. 6 |
Theoretical Questions for a Sociology of Markets | p. 10 |
A Political-Cultural Approach | p. 15 |
Structure of the Book | p. 20 |
Normative Implications of the Political-Cultural Approach to the Sociology of Markets | p. 21 |
p. 25 | |
Markets as Institutions | p. 27 |
Market Institutions: Basic Definitions | p. 28 |
State Building and Market Building | p. 36 |
Power in Policy Domains and Market Institutions | p. 42 |
The Politics of the Creation of Market Institutions | p. 45 |
Political Structuring of Labor Market Institutions | p. 53 |
Policy Domains and Market Regulation in Real Societies | p. 56 |
Stability and Complexity | p. 59 |
Implications for Research | p. 62 |
Conclusion | p. 64 |
The Theory of Fields and the Problem of Market Formation | p. 67 |
Markets as Fields | p. 67 |
The Goal of Action in Stable Markets | p. 70 |
The Problem of Change and Stability in Markets | p. 75 |
Links between Market Formation and States | p. 86 |
Some Macro Implications of the Theory of Fields | p. 89 |
Globalization and Market Processes | p. 94 |
Conclusion | p. 97 |
p. 99 | |
The Logic of Employment Systems | p. 101 |
Employment Systems as Institutional Projects | p. 103 |
Variations and Transformations in Employment Systems | p. 107 |
The Dynamics of Systems of Employment Relations | p. 108 |
Insights into Comparative Employment Systems | p. 111 |
Research Agendas | p. 117 |
Conclusion | p. 120 |
The Dynamics of U.S. Firms and the Issue of Ownership and Control in the 1970s | p. 123 |
Review of the Literature | p. 124 |
Management versus Owner Control | p. 125 |
Bank Control | p. 126 |
Market Dynamics and Management Control | p. 128 |
Hypotheses | p. 130 |
Data and Methods | p. 132 |
Results | p. 136 |
Discussion and Conclusions | p. 144 |
Appendix A | p. 146 |
The Rise of the Shareholder Value Conception of the Firm and the Merger Movement in the 1980s | p. 147 |
What Is to Be Explained? | p. 150 |
Finance Economics | p. 151 |
Manager, Owner, and Bank Control | p. 153 |
The Crisis of the Finance Conception of Control and the Rise of the Shareholder Value Conception of Control | p. 155 |
Hypotheses | p. 157 |
Data and Methods | p. 158 |
Results | p. 162 |
Conclusion | p. 166 |
Corporate Control in Capitalist Societies | p. 170 |
Economic Theories and Mechanisms | p. 172 |
Sociological Theories of Control | p. 176 |
Comparative Cases | p. 181 |
Conclusion | p. 189 |
Globalization | p. 191 |
Definitions of Globalization | p. 193 |
Critique of Globalization Arguments | p. 195 |
The Slow Expansion and Unevenness of Global Trade | p. 196 |
Change or Continuity in the Organization of Production? | p. 203 |
Does Globalization Cause Deindustrialization and Inequality? | p. 206 |
Politics, Governments, and Financial Markets | p. 209 |
Trade, Competition, Industrial Policy, and the Welfare State | p. 213 |
Globalization and Neoliberalism as an American Project | p. 220 |
Conclusion | p. 221 |
Conclusions | p. 223 |
Two Tales of One Industry | p. 223 |
Stability and Efficiency | p. 228 |
Efficiency, Stability, and Equity | p. 231 |
Conclusion | p. 236 |
Notes | p. 239 |
Bibliography | p. 247 |
Index | p. 269 |
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