This chapter surveys the historical evidence on the role of institutions in economic growth
and points out weaknesses in a number of stylized facts widely accepted in the growth …

This article proposes a research programme devoted to examining 'processes of
economization'. In the current instalment we introduce the notion of 'economization', which …

The Handbook of Economic Sociology, Second Edition is the most comprehensive and up-to-
date treatment of economic sociology available. The first edition, copublished in 1994 by …

Since the classic contributions of Weber and Durkheim, the sociology of law has raised key
questions on the place of law in society. Drawing together both theoretical and empirical …

This paper brings into focus the concept of organizational secrecy, defined as the ongoing
formal and informal social processes of intentional concealment of information from actors …

Secrecy is endemic within organizations, woven into the fabric of our lives at work. Yet, until
now, we've had an all-too-limited understanding of this powerful organizational force …

Private law has long been the focus of efforts to explain wider developments of law in an era
of globalisation. As consumer transactions and corporate activities continue to develop with …

It is common wisdom that central banks in the postwar (1945-1970s) period were passive
bureaucracies constrained by fixed-exchange rates and inflationist fiscal policies. This view …

Compared to economic theory, economic sociology has a very short tradition of studying the
market, and one that is considerably less known. 1 A small number of attempts have been …

Ironically, law is “all over,” yet marginal in economic sociology. Despite law's centrality to
classical sociological understandings of the economy (see Smelser and Swedberg, this …