Economic sociology reformulated: the interface between economics and sociology.

From: The American Journal of Economics and Sociology | Date: July 1, 1997| Author: Levine, Barry B.; Zafirovski, Milan | Copyright information

Previous theoretical and empirical research on economic sociology leaves much to be desired in terms of consistently defining the agenda and objectives of the discipline. As a result, economic sociology often appears to lack a clearly defined mission and purpose. This is epitomized by various failures to establish adequate epistemological relations of the proper realm of economic sociology with those of economics and sociology, and especially with the domain of rational choice theory. This fa...

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