Theorists who study economic life, markets, exchange and formal organizations as social phenomena embedded in networks, institutions and culture rather than as purely economic mechanisms. This group gathers the classical and contemporary theorists of social exchange, economic embeddedness, social network analysis, rational choice, and institutional and organizational sociology, including the study of how organizations, professions and markets take on their durable social forms.
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1. Wikipedia: Economic sociology
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The specific term "economic sociology" was coined by William Stanley Jevons in 1879, later to be used in the works of Emile Durkheim, Max Weber and Georg Simmel between 1890 and 1920.
2. Wikipedia: Sociology
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Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on human social behaviour, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life.
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