Uncertainty, conventional behavior, and economic sociology.(Economic Sociology)

The American Journal of Economics and Sociology | April 1, 2005| | Copyright

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Introduction

ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY IS OFTEN DESCRIBED as the application to economic phenomena of explanatory models drawn from sociology. This description is fine as far as it goes, but begs the question of what kind of social theory ought to form the basis for a sociological perspective on the economy. In particular, if a determination to do justice to the importance of social structure for economic affairs is one of the hallmarks of economic sociology, the question is raised of how social structure and its relation to human agency should be conceptualized.

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