by developing a sociological theory of market institutions. Addressing the unruly dynamism that capitalism brings with it …Market societies have created more wealth, and more opportunities for more people, than any other system of social …, leading sociologist Neil Fligstein argues that the basic drift of any one market and its actors, even allowing for competition …

Consumers, producers, critics, and other market agents rely on socially constructed categories like craft beers … production process and delivery is crucial for our understanding of how this market and competitive dynamics within it have … evolved. This volume focuses on how market categories shape processes of production and consumption and how these activities …

in market exchanges is pervasive. Illegal markets have great economic significance, have relevant social and political … and understanding of market exchanges in conditions of illegality from a perspective that focuses on the social …