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Markets on Trial
Michael Lounsbury
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Description for Markets on Trial
Hardcover. Since the mid-20th century, organizational theorists have increasingly distanced themselves from the study of core societal power centers and important policy issues of the day. This title addresses the global financial crisis debates and struggles around how to organize economies and societies around the world. Editor(s): Lounsbury, Michael; Hirsch, Paul M. Series Editor(s): Lounsbury, Michael. Series: Research in the Sociology of Organizations. Num Pages: 666 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; KCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 70. Weight in Grams: 1404.
This Book Set of A & B. Since the mid-20th century, organizational theorists have increasingly distanced themselves from the study of core societal power centers and important policy issues of the day. This has been driven by a shift away from the study of organizations, politics, and society and towards a more narrow focus on instrumental exchange and performance. As a result, our field has become increasingly impotent as a critical voice and contributor to policy. For a contemporary example, witness our inability as a field to make sense of the recent U.S. mortgage meltdown and concomitant global financial crisis. It is not that economic and organizational sociologists have nothing to say. The problem is that while we have a great deal of knowledge about finance, the economy, entrepreneurship and corporations, we fail to address how the knowledge in our field can be used to contribute to important policy issues of the day. This double-volume brings together some of the very top scholars in the world in economic and organizational sociology to address the recent global financial crisis debates and struggles around how to organize economies and societies around the world.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
666
Condition
New
Series
Research in the Sociology of Organizations
Number of Pages
666
Place of Publication
Bingley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857242419
SKU
V9780857242419
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Reviews for Markets on Trial
"Bravo! Finally, a stellar group of economic sociologists speak out about the antecedents, processes, and consequences of the 2008 financial crisis. Markets on Trial ably combines sharp analytic insights with much needed policy recommendations. Viviana Zelizer, Lloyd Cotsen '50 Professor of Sociology, Princeton University, author of Economic Lives: How Culture Shapes the Economy". "Now that it's clear to just about everyone that there are institutions and organizations behind markets and that both have a major hand in market failures, who are you going to call? Organizational and economic sociologists of course! This book assembles scholars of significant repute from both fields with much to say about why we are where we are today. The messages are provocative and important. It's time to listen to the voices in this timely and important book. At the moment, this book should be on every thinking person's ""to read"" list. Stephen R. Barley, Richard Weiland Professor and Co-Director, Center for Work, Technology and Organization, Stanford University".