From the Editorial Team at Accounts, Welcome to the Fall 2006 Issue!

A A c c c c o o u u n n t t s s Following the theme of August's ASA conference in Montréal, Great Divides, Transgress-ing Boundaries, our goal for this issue of Accounts is to foster a discussion of the boundaries between economic sociology and other areas within sociology. Economic sociology has expanded very rapidly in recent years, with explosions in section membership, publications, and other indicators. What lags behind, however, is the establishment of a clearly deline-ated theoretical approach that sets economic sociology apart from other sociologies. Some scholars lament this lack of a distinction as a failure of economic sociology to form a coherent sub-discipline, while others embrace this diversity as a source of strength. When asked to address what they see as the boundaries that separate economic sociology from other branches of sociology, most contributors for this issue choose to call attention to roads and passes through which such limits can be transgressed. Rather than suggesting ways to establish boundaries on the field, they invite us to see many other fields that economic sociology can borrow from and expand into. The contributions assembled here suggest that what ties economic sociology together might be less a particular set of propositions than its vocation for wandering and at times trespassing. Bruce Carruthers sets the tone and pushes us to climb over fences that separate economic sociologists from scholars in the sociologies of law, culture, development, and historical sociology. Similarly, Paul Ingram encourages us to " actively transgress " whatever boundaries might exist around economic sociology as he critiques the current approach to network analysis among economic sociologists. Samuel Cohn argues for bridging the gaps between economic sociology and the sociology of development, thus opening our field to an eager international audience. Sarah Babb sets an ambitious agenda for economic sociology to address global issues, particularly the role of transnational institutions in governing the global economy. And Dan Cook incites us to move beyond the field's original questions , so we can study consumption from an expanded conceptual framework. Taking a slightly different approach, Ezra Zuckerman and Jerry Davis provide thoughtful historical perspectives on the connections between economic sociology and the sociology of organizations, concluding that the gains from interaction between the two fields do not warrant subsuming one to the other. In addition to articles addressing the boundaries of economic sociology, you will find a synopsis …