Series: New Dynamics of Innovation and Competition

The work of Karl Polanyi has gained influence in recent years, becoming a point of reference for a wide range of leading authors in the fields of economics, politics, sociology, and social policy. Newly available in paperback, this volume combines reflections on and assessments of the nature of Polanyi's contribution with new strands of work, both theoretical and empirical, inspired...

The structure and regulation of consumption and demand has recently become of great interest to sociologists and economists alike. At the same time, there is growing interest in trying to understand the patterns and drivers of technological innovation. Innovation by Demand, newly available in paperback, brings together a range of sociologists and economists to study the role of demand and...

There has been increasing interest and debate in recent years on the instituted nature of economic processes in general and the related ideas of the market, in particular the competitive process. This debate lies at the interface between two largely independent disciplines, economics and sociology, and reflects an attempt to bring the two fields of discourse more closely together. This...