This volume broadens the scope of 'comparative capitalism' within the Varieties of Capitalism (VoC) tradition. It endorses the employment of multiple perspectives, including critical political economy, institutionalist systems of capitalism, structuralist-dependency scholarship and world-systems...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Before Capitalism -- Chapter 3. The Protestant Reformation and the Rise of “Economic Man” -- Chapter 4. The Age of Enlightenment: 1585-1789 -- Chapter 5. Money as Wealth -- Chapter 6. Money as a Medium of Exchange -- Chapter 7. Credit and Banking --...

During the 1990s over two dozen countries in Europe and Asia underwent a transition from centrally planned to more market-oriented economies. In Constructing a Market Economy, Richard Pomfret reviews their diverse experiences and assesses the outcome of transition in each case. The book includes...

Sociology from Economics Sociology from Economics Sociology from Economics -- Phoenix from the Ashes Phoenix from the Ashes Phoenix from the Ashes -- Storm Clouds Storm Clouds Storm Clouds -- Nationalism and Social Nationalism and Social Nationalism and Social Cohesion Cohesion Cohesion -- State...

A few centuries ago, capitalism set in motion an explosion of economic productivity. Markets and private property had existed for millennia, but what other key institutions fostered capitalism’s relatively recent emergence? Until now, the conceptual toolkit available to answer this question...

Marktwirtschaft beinhaltet eine attraktive soziale Utopie: eine gerechte Wirtschaftsordnung, in der Kooperation ohne zentrale Steuerung möglich ist. In der Realität des Kapitalismus wird die Leistungsgerechtigkeit jedoch zugunsten weniger Privilegierter verzerrt, und der Wachstumszwang ist...