On capitalism /

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Imprint:Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007.
Description:xiv, 350 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6445107
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Other authors / contributors:Nee, Victor, 1945-
Swedberg, Richard.
ISBN:9780804756648 (cloth : alk. paper)
0804756643 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804756655 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0804756651 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • Introduction
  • Part I. The Dynamics and Contradictions of Capitalism
  • 1. The Systemic Anticulture of Capitalism
  • 2. Tocqueville and the Spirit of American Capitalism
  • 3. Income Inequality and the Protestant Ethic
  • Part II. Politics, Legal-Rational Institutions, and Corruption
  • 4. On Politicized Capitalism
  • 5. Law, Economy, and Globalization: Max Weber and How International Financial Institutions Understand Law
  • 6. The Social Construction of Corruption
  • Part III. Religion
  • 7. The Role of Spiritual Capital in Economic Behavior
  • 8. Political Economy and Religion in the Spirit of Max Weber
  • 9. Beyond Weber
  • Part IV. Methodological and Conceptual Issues
  • 10. The Collective Dynamics of Belief
  • 11. Analytical Individualism and the Explanation of Macrosocial Change
  • 12. Bootstrapping Development: Rethinking the Role of Public Intervention in Promoting Growth
  • Index