The sociology of markets

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2007, Pages 105-128

  Fligstein, Neil ^a   Dauter, Luke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Fields; Institutions; Networks; Performativity; Politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848840923     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.33.040406.131736     Document Type: Review

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