This book comprises twenty of the most representative and widely read articles in the history of economic sociology, and organizes them according to four themes... » 

This book comprises twenty of the most representative and widely read articles in the history of economic sociology, and organizes them according to four themes at the heart of sociology: institutions, networks, power and cognition. Dobbin's substantial and engagingly written introduction sets a clear framework for what follows.Next to that the book also establishes a schema for interpreting the field based on an understanding of what economic sociology aims to achieve. «