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Information, Knowledge, and Economic Life

Alex Preda
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      As markets have assumed increasing prominence in societies, economic sociology's insights into their operations have provided some of the most cogent explanations of how they affect our world.The book systematically surveys the most important sociological approaches to markets, taking information as the key concept in the analysis of transactions. It examines the differences between economic and sociological concepts of information, showing how the latter can ground a genuinely sociological research programme in the investigation of markets. This is the first book to bring together and discuss different approaches to markets in contemporary economic sociology with respect to thelinks between information and transactions. Structured on a scale which goes from the analysis of economic exchanges as social interactions to the examination of social institutions which support global markets, the book highlights the social and cultural factors shaping the production, diffusion, and uses of economic information. Based on a systematic discussion of the latest research on economic interactions, the book investigates how information is constituted in market transactions; the role played by emotions; the role of sharedcognitive activities in shaping information. It integrates the analysis of economic groups, networks, and communities with that of forms of economic expertise, technologies, organizations, and institutions which constitute markets. The book analyzes the social structures supporting market transactions, discussing networks of social relationships, groups, and market communities with respect to information. It shows how newer concepts like performativity, with several versions and applications, contribute to a better understanding of market dynamics. Using examples, the book discusses the increased technological complexity of markets and its consequences with respect to how information is processed intransactions.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Alex Preda EAN: 9780199556953 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 438 g HEIGHT: 233 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2009-10-08 CITY: GENRE: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Sociology, Economic theory and philosophy, Finance and the finance industry, Organizational theory and behaviour

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      Alex Preda is reader in sociology at the University of Edinburgh. He is the co-editor of The Sociology of Financial Markets (Oxford University Press, 2005) and the author of Framing Finance: The Boundaries of Markets and Modern Capitalism (Chicago University Press, 2009).
      As markets have assumed increasing prominence in societies, economic sociology's insights into their operations have provided some of the most cogent explanations of how they affect our world.The book systematically surveys the most important sociological approaches to markets, taking information as the key concept in the analysis of transactions. It examines the differences between economic and sociological concepts of information, showing how the latter can ground a genuinely sociological research programme in the investigation of markets. This is the first book to bring together and discuss different approaches to markets in contemporary economic sociology with respect to thelinks between information and transactions. Structured on a scale which goes from the analysis of economic exchanges as social interactions to the examination of social institutions which support global markets, the book highlights the social and cultural factors shaping the production, diffusion, and uses of economic information. Based on a systematic discussion of the latest research on economic interactions, the book investigates how information is constituted in market transactions; the role played by emotions; the role of sharedcognitive activities in shaping information. It integrates the analysis of economic groups, networks, and communities with that of forms of economic expertise, technologies, organizations, and institutions which constitute markets. The book analyzes the social structures supporting market transactions, discussing networks of social relationships, groups, and market communities with respect to information. It shows how newer concepts like performativity, with several versions and applications, contribute to a better understanding of market dynamics. Using examples, the book discusses the increased technological complexity of markets and its consequences with respect to how information is processed intransactions.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Alex Preda EAN: 9780199556953 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 438 g HEIGHT: 233 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2009-10-08 CITY: GENRE: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Sociology, Economic theory and philosophy, Finance and the finance industry, Organizational theory and behaviour

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      Alex Preda is reader in sociology at the University of Edinburgh. He is the co-editor of The Sociology of Financial Markets (Oxford University Press, 2005) and the author of Framing Finance: The Boundaries of Markets and Modern Capitalism (Chicago University Press, 2009).

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