The Sociology of Markets
Abstract
The sociology of markets has been one of the most vibrant fields in sociology in the past 25 years. There is a great deal of agreement that markets are social structures characterized by extensive social relationships between firms, workers, suppliers, customers, and governments. But, like in many sociological literatures, the theory camps that have formed often seem to speak by each other. We show that some of the disagreement between theory camps is due to differences in conceptual language, and other disagreements stem from the fact that theory camps ignore the concepts in other theory camps, thereby making their theories less complete. We end by considering deeper controversies in the literature that seem open both to new conceptualization and further empirical research.
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- Authors
- Fligstein, N., & Dauter, L.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
- ORCID
- Fligstein, Neil
- Venue
- Annual Review of Sociology
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews
- Published
- 2007-08-01
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 105-128
- ISSN
- 0360-0572 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-2115
- OpenAlex
- W2119810793
- Cited by
- 601
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 5.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Annual Review of Sociology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management and Organizational Studies
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Economic Theory and Institutions
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice
- Keywords
- sociology of markets, conceptual language
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