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Economy/Society: Markets, Meanings, and Social Structure

Economy/Society: Markets, Meanings, and Social Structure

Carruthers, Bruce G.
Babb, Sarah Louise

Paperback

Series: Sociology for a New Century

EconomicsAnthropologyGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1412994969
ISBN13: 9781412994965
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: May 31 2012
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
In this long-awaited second edition of Economy/Society Markets, Meanings, and Social Structure, authors Carruthers and Babb continue to offer an accessible introduction to the way social arrangements affect economic activity, and shows that economic exchanges are deeply embedded in social relationships. Understanding how society shapes the economy helps us answer many important questions. For example, how does advertising get people to buy things? How do people use their social connections to get jobs? How did large bureaucratic organizations come to be so pervasive in modern economies-and what difference does it make? How can we explain the persistence of economic inequalities between men and women and across racial groups? Why do some countries become rich while others stay poor? This book presents sociological answers to questions like these, and encourages its readers to view the economy through a sociological lens.

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