Abstract The article sets out to demonstrate the continuing relevance of concept embeddedness in economic sociology, juxtaposing it with question disembeddedness through an analysis three time periods. In first period, interpretation introduced by Karl Polanyi was marked notion “social construction economy.” second debate focused on criticizing liberalizing agenda Washington Consensus, suggesti...

Organizational sociology is, by most standards, a fundamental part of the discipline— after all, figuring out how to collectively organize ourselves is a core problem of any society—but many have wondered if it’s a subfield on the brink of irrelevance. Blog posts and a recent ASA session have been dedicated to this question: what is the future of organizational sociology? There are numerous ins...

The study of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship has recently undergone a metamorphosis as scholars from diverse fields such as sociology, anthropology and business strategy apply their disciplinary concepts to the antecedents and consequences of new venture creation. Much of the impetus has derived from the growing acceptance of the idea that entrepreneurship, both within the context of existin...

Purpose of this paper Some scholars have recognized the important role of publicly funded basic research [1]. Among the identified benefits is an increase in " the stock of useful knowledge " available to society, which could be used for innovation and in this way contribute to economic growth [2]. Thus, it is important to support scientific activities. We propose that researchers could profit ...

Food insecurity has been rising across Europe following the Great Recession, but to varying degrees across countries and over time. The reasons for this increase are not well understood, nor are what factors might protect people’s access to food. Here we test the hypothesis that an emerging gap between food prices and wages can explain increases in reported inability to afford protein-rich food...

Neoclassical economic and sociological views of discrimination are compared. We summarize economic models of taste, statistical, error, and monopolistic discrimination. Economists argue that competitive market forces should lead to the demise of discrimination in the long run. After explaining these arguments, we present sociological arguments about institutional and social-psychological mechan...

This paper takes a close look at the reasons, procedures, and results of cluster identification methods. Despite being a popular research topic in strategy, economics, and sociology, geographic clusters are often studied with little consideration given to the underlying economic activities, the unique cluster boundaries, or the appropriate benchmark of economic concentration. Our goal is to inc...

The article discusses the main idea of concept, which is to reveal a number problems generated by social stratification in modern sociology. Using methodological potential sociology, author tries demonstrate essence and logic as metaphor for development society. While classical sociology pays more attention «master-dependent» relationship, «modern» paid middle class, contributes ensuring balanc...