Understanding the Global Financial Crisis: Sociology, Political Economy and Heterodox Economics

Sociology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 938-953

  Brown, Andrew ^a   Spencer, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

economic sociology; economic system; global financial crisis; heterodox economics; interdisciplinary research; mainstream economics; political economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908503733     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: 14698684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038514545146     Document Type: Article

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