TY - JOUR
T1 - Review essay
T2 - Prospects for economic sociology
AU - Hodgson, G.M.
N1 - “The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 38 (1) 2008, Copyright SAGE Publications Ltd : http://online.sagepub.com/ "
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Swedberg’s two-volume collection of essays covering New Developments in Economic Sociology contains some excellent material, worthy of study by both economists and sociologists. However, there are definitional and conceptual problems in the whole project of ‘economic sociology’ exacerbated by the disappearance of any consensus concerning the boundaries between the disciplines of sociology and economics. Neither has ‘economic sociology’ acquired an adequately clear identity through the use of distinctive concepts or theories. Its future prospects are further questioned by recent changes within economics itself, including greater attention to institutional structures, and the abandonment of strictly self-interested and context-independent rationality.
AB - Swedberg’s two-volume collection of essays covering New Developments in Economic Sociology contains some excellent material, worthy of study by both economists and sociologists. However, there are definitional and conceptual problems in the whole project of ‘economic sociology’ exacerbated by the disappearance of any consensus concerning the boundaries between the disciplines of sociology and economics. Neither has ‘economic sociology’ acquired an adequately clear identity through the use of distinctive concepts or theories. Its future prospects are further questioned by recent changes within economics itself, including greater attention to institutional structures, and the abandonment of strictly self-interested and context-independent rationality.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=38949103016&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0048393107311458
DO - 10.1177/0048393107311458
M3 - Book/Film/Article review
SN - 0048-3931
VL - 38
SP - 133
EP - 149
JO - Philosophy of the Social Sciences
JF - Philosophy of the Social Sciences
IS - 1
ER -