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

by Alex Preda

Book Overview

As financial 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.

The book systematically surveys the most important sociological approaches to markets, taking information as the key concept in the analysis of transactions. It examines the differences between economic and sociological concepts of information,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199556954
• ISBN13: 9780199556953
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"