Economics and Sociology: Redefining Their Boundaries: Conversations with Economists and Sociologists
ISBN-13:
9780691042480
ISBN-10:
0691042489
Author:
Richard Swedberg
Publication date:
1990
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Format:
Hardcover
376 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780691042480
ISBN-10:
0691042489
Author:
Richard Swedberg
Publication date:
1990
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Format:
Hardcover
376 pages
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Economics and Sociology: Redefining Their Boundaries: Conversations with Economists and Sociologists (ISBN-13: 9780691042480 and ISBN-10: 0691042489), written by authors
Richard Swedberg, was published by Princeton University Press in 1990.
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The boundary between economics and sociology is presently being redefined--but how, why, and by whom? Richard Swedberg answers these questions in this thought-provoking book of conversations with well-known economists and sociologists. Among the economists interviewed are Gary Becker, Amartya Sen, Kenneth Arrow, and Albert O. Hirschman; the sociologists include Daniel Bell, Harrison White, James Coleman, and Mark Granovetter. The picture that emerges is that economists and sociologists have paid little attention to each other during most of the twentieth century: social problems have been analyzed as if they had no economic dimension and economic problems as if they had no social dimension. Today, however, there is a dialogue between the two fields, as economists take on social topics and as sociologists become interested in rational choice and "new economic sociology." The interviewees describe how they came to challenge the present separation between economics and sociology, what they think of the various proposals to integrate the fields, and how they envision the future. The author summarizes the results of the conversations in the final chapter. The individual interviews also serve as superb introductions to the work of these scholars.
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