Information, Knowledge, and Economic Life An Introduction to the Sociology of Markets

by Preda, Alex

• ISBN13: 9780199556953
• ISBN10: 0199556954
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-12-20
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

As markets have assumed increasing prominence in societies, economic sociology's insights into their operations have provided some of the most cogent explanations of how they affect our world.

Author Biography

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).

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
List of Figures and Tables	p. xv
Introduction: Markets, Information, and Social Action	p. 1
Information and the Interaction Order of Markets	p. 26
Markets as Networks, Groups, and Communities	p. 58
Markets, Information, and Economic Expertise	p. 97
Technology and Market Information	p. 137
Markets, Firms, and Institutions	p. 168
Conclusion: The Sociology of Markets and Its Research Agendas	p. 195
References	p. 205
Index	p. 225
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