The Sociology of Financial Markets

by Alex Preda (Editor), KarinKnorrCetina (Editor)

• New

  Hardcover
  2004

  $265.05

  Approaches financial markets from a sociological perspective. This book seeks to provide a sociological coneptualization of financial markets, and examines who the actors within them are, how they operate, within which networks, and how these networks are structured. This work is useful for those in the field of financial markets.

• New

  Paperback
  2006

  $55.08

  Financial markets have often been seen by economists as efficient mechanisms that fulfill vital functions within economies. But do financial markets really operate in such a straightforward manner? The Sociology of Financial Markets explores this question by approaching financial markets from a sociological perspective.