Interpenetration versus embeddedness: The premature dismissal of talcott parsons in the new economic sociology

American Journal of Economics and Sociology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 161-188

  Beckert, Jens ^a,b   Janoski, Lissa ^a  

^a Department of Sociology ^*

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIETIES   (Germany)

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EID: 33644977786     PISSN: 00029246     EISSN: 15367150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1536-7150.2006.00446.x     Document Type: Review

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