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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.Product Identifiers
PublisherPolity Press
ISBN-139780745620275
eBay Product ID (ePID)92035966
Product Key Features
Number of Pages240 Pages
Publication NameMarket Society: Markets and Modern Social Theory
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEconomics, Sociology
Publication Year2000
TypeTextbook
AuthorDon Slater, Fran Tonkiss
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height230 mm
Item Weight354 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorFran Tonkiss, Don Slater