SOS4XA ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY (1996-1997)
The class gives an introduction to the organisation of economic systems in
relation to population, resources, and technology. Theories on the impact of
economic institutions on historical development, and of the relation between
political and economic institutions are discussed.
SPRING 1996 READING LIST / Berge: 17 January 1996
BOOKS:
Douglas, Mary 1987 "How Institutions Think", Routledge & Kegan
Paul, ISBN 0-7102-1178-3
Hechter, Michael 1987 "Principles of Group Solidarity", The University
of California Press, ISBN 0-520-06462-3
North, Douglass C 1990 "Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic
Performance", Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-39734-0
Stinchcombe, Arthur L. 1983 "Economic Sociology", Academic Press, ISBN
0-12-671382-0
EXCERPTS FROM:
Eggertsson, Thrainn 1990 "Economic Behavior and Institutions", Cambridge
University Press, ISBN 0-521-34891-9 page 3-79
Granovetter, Marc, and Richard Swedberg(eds.) 1992 "The Sociology of
Economic Life", Westview, ISBN 0-8133-1033-4 page 53-81
Hernes, Gudmund 1978 "Forhandlings¿konomi og blandingsadministrasjon",
Universitetsforlaget, ISBN 82-00-05218-4 page 196-236
Sagoff, Marc 1988 "The Economy of the Earth", Cambridge University
Press, ISBN 0-521-34113-2 page 99-123
Sandler, Todd 1992 "Collective Action", Harvester Wheatsheaf, ISBN
0-7450-1306-6 page 1-18 + 201-216
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SPRING 1997 READING LIST / Berge and Høgsnes: 30 October 1996
COMMON READINGS (631 pages)
Elster, Jon 1989 "Nuts and bolts for the social sceinces", Cambridge,
Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-37606-6, Part I (10 pages) + Part
III (80 pages)
Douglas, Mary 1987 "How Institutions Think", Routledge & Kegan
Paul, ISBN 0-7102-1178-3,
Granovetter, Marc, and Richard Swedberg(eds.) 1992 "The Sociology of
Economic Life", Westview, ISBN 0-8133-1033-4, "Introduction", pp. 1-22
North, Douglass C 1990 "Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic
Performance", Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-39734-0,
Stinchcombe, Arthur L. 1983 "Economic Sociology", Academic Press, ISBN
0-12-671382-0, Chapter 2-6,
Williamson, Oliver E. 1994 "Transaction Cost Economics and Organisation
Theory", pp. 77-99 in Smelser, Neil J., and Richard Swedberg (eds.) "Handbook
of Economic Sociology", Princeton, Princeton University Press, ISBN 0-691-04485-6
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