This book systematically reconstructs the origins and new advances in economic sociology. By presenting both classical and contemporary theory and research, the volume identifies and describes the continuity between past and present, and the move from economics to economic sociology.

• Most comprehensive and up-to-date overview available by an internationally renowned, award-winning economic sociologist
• Systematically reconstructs the origins and new advances in economic sociology
• Organizes the perspectives and methods of economic sociologists of the classical and contemporary eras, including coverage of modernization, globalization, and the welfare state
• Provides insights into the social consequences of capitalism in the past and present for students of economic sociology.

Carlo Trigilia is Professor of Economic Sociology at the University of Florence. He is the author of Sviluppo senza autonomia. Effetti perversi delle politiche nel Mezzogiorno, which won the Amalfi European Prize in Sociology.