Economic sociology as a strange other to both sociology and economics

History of the Human Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 123-140

  Finch, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; Arbitrage; Boundaries; Economic sociology; Embeddedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147199868     PISSN: 09526951     EISSN: 1461720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952695107077022     Document Type: Article

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