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Sociological Economics has been a prime subject of sociological inquiry ever since the birth of sociology as a discipline, and Economic Sociology is certainly one of the most dynamic fields of sociology today.

Economic sociology as a subdiscipline is particularly welcome because it addresses some of the key issues of social science, particularly the nature and functioning of economic systems. However, it raises some fundamental questions concerning the nature of the social sciences themselves, and, in particular, the use of the very term 'economic sociology'. - Geoff Hodgson.

Economic sociology, like many fields experiencing a burst of intellectual energy, seems rather inchoate. Its fuzzy outlines are due in part to the variety of its research programs, which have just enough overlap or family resemblance to be lumped together. Relations between economic sociology and economics are bound to be a moving front. - Randall Collins.

Socioeconomics, sociological economics, economic sociology: what are we talking about? Why don't we just speak of social science? That would have the advantages of claiming "science" (to be understood as systematic inquiry) and of relegating economics to a corner of the field, to become a subdiscipline of that larger domain "social science" from now on. - Arjo Klamer.

Fundamental differences in style, method, and assumption divide sociology and economics, as Paul Hirsch, Stuart Michaels, and Ray Friedman noted in their essay on the "clean models" of economics versus the "dirty hands" of sociology. Bridging the "philosophical divide" between sociology and economics can stimulate new theory and enhance our relevance to policy. - Wayne E. Baker

What is Economic Sociology?
Economic sociology is one of the hot developing areas in sociology. In the wake of increasing globalization of the economy and transformations in the relationship between states and markets, many scholars have become increasingly aware of the need for systematic analyses of the social dimensions of economic institutions and practices. Joseph Stiglitz (chief economist of the world bank in 1999 and former head of the President’s Council of Economic Advisors) has argued that the formal models developed by economists for understanding the economy are inadequate for understanding the dilemmas faced by the world economy today, and must be supplemented by a variety of more sociological and institutional approaches. Few economists have either the taste or academic preparation for this endeavor, which has largely been pursued by sociologists and political scientists under a variety of rubrics: economic sociology, comparative political economy, studies of economic regulation, economic geography. Expressed in different ways, their central project is to understand the ways in which various kinds of institutions and social processes -- the state and political power, social networks, social norms, unions and secondary associations -- play an essential role in explaining the actual functioning of real economies. - Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Socio-Economic Development Abstracts Bibliography Syllabus Journals

SOCIOLOGY OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY

Three Modern Dilemmas of Organization -

Dr.Frank J.McVeigh - http://www.muhlenberg.edu/depts/soc-anth/socbus.html

Association for Practical and Professional Ethics - http://php.indiana.edu/~appe/home.html  
Description: Provides members with resources of a theoretical and practical nature on business and professional ethics, as well as links on the free Web to many other business ethics associations.

Better Business Bureau - http://www.bbb.org/ 
Description: Offers tips to businesses, include a Code of Online Business Practices.

Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions - http://www.iit.edu/departments/csep/PublicWWW/codes/codes.html
Description: Links to Codes of Ethics for a wide variety of professions and organizations.

Council for Ethics in Economics - http://www.businessethics.org/
Description: Publishes Ethics in Economics, a free online newsletter.

Society for Business Ethics - http://www.societyforbusinessethics.org/
Description: Publishes Business Ethics Quarterly. Provides many links on business ethics and corporate responsibility.

Business And Economic Sociology - Journals

The Journal of Socio-Economics is an interdisciplinary journal aimed toward academicians, both inside and outside the economics discipline, and to practitioners in business,government and nonprofit organizations. The two goals of The Journal are to: - http://www.jrlse.org/index.html
1. further knowledge of real economic phenomena by integrating psychological and sociological variables into economic analysis and
2. promote interdisciplinary research by academicians and practitioners dealing in economics, the behavioral sciences, and public policy.

The American Journal of Economics and Sociology is published quarterly with an annual supplement in the interest of constructive synthesis in the social sciences. - http://www2.babson.edu/babson/BabsonHPp.nsf/Public/ajehomepage

ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY - European Electronic Newsletter - Vol. 4, No. 2 (March 2003) - http://www.siswo.uva.nl/ES/