The Social Structures Of The Economy

Author : Pierre Bourdieu
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0745681654
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Social Structures of the Economy written by Pierre Bourdieu and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-03-10 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much orthodox economic theory is based on assumptions which are treated as self-evident: supply and demand are regarded as independent entities, the individual is assumed to be a rational agent who knows his interests and how to make decisions corresponding to them, and so on. But one has only to examine an economic transaction closely, as Pierre Bourdieu does here for the buying and selling of houses, to see that these abstract assumptions cannot explain what happens in reality. As Bourdieu shows, the market is constructed by the state, which can decide, for example, whether to promote private housing or collective provision. And the individuals involved in the transaction are immersed in symbolic constructions which constitute, in a strong sense, the value of houses, neighbourhoods and towns. The abstract and illusory nature of the assumptions of orthodox economic theory has been criticised by some economists, but Bourdieu argues that we must go further. Supply, demand, the market and even the buyer and seller are products of a process of social construction, and so-called ‘economic' processes can be adequately described only by calling on sociological methods. Instead of seeing the two disciplines in antagonistic terms, it is time to recognize that sociology and economics are in fact part of a single discipline, the object of which is the analysis of social facts, of which economic transactions are in the end merely one aspect. This brilliant study by the most original sociologist of post-war France will be essential reading for students and scholars of sociology, economics, anthropology and related disciplines.

Author : Pierre Bourdieu
Publisher : Polity
ISBN 13 : 0745625398
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Social Structures of the Economy written by Pierre Bourdieu and published by Polity. This book was released on 2005-07-15 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late Pierre Bourdieu's study challenges the assumptions of orthodox economic theory by showing how the market is effectively constructed by the state. He contends that supply, demand, the market and even the buyer are products of a process of social construction.

Author : Pierre Bourdieu
Publisher : Polity
ISBN 13 : 0745625401
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Social Structures of the Economy written by Pierre Bourdieu and published by Polity. This book was released on 2005-04-22 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late Pierre Bourdieu's study challenges the assumptions of orthodox economic theory by showing how the market is effectively constructed by the state. He contends that supply, demand, the market and even the buyer are products of a process of social construction.

Author : Pierre Bourdieu
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0745681638
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Social Structures of the Economy written by Pierre Bourdieu and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-03-12 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much orthodox economic theory is based on assumptions which aretreated as self-evident: supply and demand are regarded asindependent entities, the individual is assumed to be a rationalagent who knows his interests and how to make decisionscorresponding to them, and so on. But one has only to examine aneconomic transaction closely, as Pierre Bourdieu does here for thebuying and selling of houses, to see that these abstractassumptions cannot explain what happens in reality. As Bourdieu shows, the market is constructed by the state, whichcan decide, for example, whether to promote private housing orcollective provision. And the individuals involved in thetransaction are immersed in symbolic constructions whichconstitute, in a strong sense, the value of houses, neighbourhoodsand towns. The abstract and illusory nature of the assumptions of orthodoxeconomic theory has been criticised by some economists, butBourdieu argues that we must go further. Supply, demand, the marketand even the buyer and seller are products of a process of socialconstruction, and so-called 'economic' processes can be adequatelydescribed only by calling on sociological methods. Instead ofseeing the two disciplines in antagonistic terms, it is time torecognize that sociology and economics are in fact part of a singlediscipline, the object of which is the analysis of social facts, ofwhich economic transactions are in the end merely one aspect. This brilliant study by the most original sociologist of post-warFrance will be essential reading for students and scholars ofsociology, economics, anthropology and related disciplines.

Author : Sharon Zukin
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521376785
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Structures of Capital written by Sharon Zukin and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1990-05-25 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although market importance is acknowledged, this work's emerging theme is the need to account for the ways in which multiple forms of social organization -- elite groups, communities & government structures -- influence economic processes.

Author : David Michael Kotz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521459044
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Social Structures of Accumulation written by David Michael Kotz and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-08-26 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The social structure of accumulation (SSA) approach seeks to explain the long-term fortunes of capitalist economies in terms of the effect of political and economic institutions on growth rates. This book offers an ideal introduction to this powerful tool for understanding capitalist growth, analysing the social and economic differences between countries and the reasons for the successes and failures of institutional reform. The contributors cover a wide range of topics, including the theoretical basis of the SSA approach, the postwar financial system, Marxian and Keynesian theories of economic crisis, labour-management relations, race and gender issues, and the history of institutional innovation. Combining newly written essays with classic articles of the SSA school, the book examines the international economy and the economies of Japan, South Africa, and Puerto Rico, as well as the United States.

Author : Bruce G. Carruthers
Publisher : Pine Forge Press
ISBN 13 : 9780761986416
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Economy/Society written by Bruce G. Carruthers and published by Pine Forge Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economy/Society provides an introduction to the ways in which economic exchanges are embedded in social relationships. It offers insights into advertising, consumer behaviour, conflicts in the work place, social inequality and other issues.

Author : Mark Granovetter
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674975219
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Society and Economy written by Mark Granovetter and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-27 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A work of exceptional ambition by the founder of modern economic sociology, this first full account of Mark Granovetter’s ideas stresses that the economy is not a sphere separate from other human activities but is deeply embedded in social relations and subject to the same emotions, ideas, and constraints as religion, science, politics, or law.

Author : W. Brian Arthur
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0429976267
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Economy As An Evolving Complex System II written by W. Brian Arthur and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-05-04 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new view of the economy as an evolving, complex system has been pioneered at the Santa Fe Institute over the last ten years, This volume is a collection of articles that shape and define this view?a view of the economy as emerging from the interactions of individual agents whose behavior constantly evolves, whose strategies and actions are always adapting.The traditional framework in economics portrays activity within an equilibrium steady state. The interacting agents in the economy are typically homogenous, solve well-defined problems using perfect rationality, and act within given legal and social structures. The complexity approach, by contrast, sees economic activity as continually changing?continually in process. The interacting agents are typically heterogeneous, they must cognitively interpret the problems they face, and together they create the structures?markets, legal and social institutions, price patters, expectations?to which they individually react. Such structures may never settle down. Agents may forever adapt and explore and evolve their behaviors within structures that continually emerge and change and disappear?structures these behaviors co-create. This complexity approach does not replace the equilibrium one?it complements it.The papers here collected originated at a recent conference at the Santa Fe Institute, which was called to follow up the well-known 1987 SFI conference organized by Philip Anderson, Kenneth Arrow, and David Pines. They survey the new study of complexity and the economy. They apply this approach to real economic problems and they show the extent to which the initial vision of the 1987 conference has come to fruition.

Author : Terrence McDonough
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521515165
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Capitalism and Its Crises written by Terrence McDonough and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-11 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume analyses contemporary capitalism and its crises based on a theory of capitalist evolution known as the social structure of accumulation (SSA) theory. It applies this theory to explain the severe financial and economic crisis that broke out in 2008 and the kind of changes required to resolve it. The editors and contributors make available new work within this school of thought on such issues as the rise and persistence of the "neoliberal," or "free-market," form of capitalism since 1980 and the growing globalization and financialization of the world economy. The collection includes analyses of the U.S. economy as well as that of several parts of the developing world.