Market Society: Markets and Modern Social Theory
ISBN-13:
9780745620275
ISBN-10:
0745620272
Edition:
1
Author:
Don Slater, Fran Tonkiss
Publication date:
2000
Publisher:
Polity
Format:
Paperback
240 pages
Category:
Theory
,
Economics
,
Social Sciences
,
Sociology
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ISBN-13:
9780745620275
ISBN-10:
0745620272
Edition:
1
Author:
Don Slater, Fran Tonkiss
Publication date:
2000
Publisher:
Polity
Format:
Paperback
240 pages
Category:
Theory
,
Economics
,
Social Sciences
,
Sociology
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Market Society: Markets and Modern Social Theory (ISBN-13: 9780745620275 and ISBN-10: 0745620272), written by authors
Don Slater, Fran Tonkiss, was published by Polity in 2000.
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Market Society provides an original and accessible review of changing conceptions of the market in modern social thought. The book considers markets as social institutions rather than simply formal models, arguing that modern ideas of the market are based on critical notions of social order, social action and social relations. Examining a range of perspectives on the market from across different social science disciplines, Market Society surveys a complex field of ideas in a clear and comprehensive manner. In this way it seeks to extend economic sociology beyond a critique of mainstream economics, and to engage more broadly with social, political and cultural theory.
The book explores historical approaches to the emergence of a modern market society, as well as major approaches to the market within modern economic theory and sociology. It addresses key arguments in economic sociology and anthropology, the relation between markets and states, and critical and cultural theories of market rationality. It concludes with a discussion of markets and culture in a late modern context.
This wide-ranging text will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students in sociology, economic theory and history, politics, social and political theory, anthropology and cultural studies.
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