Jens Beckert

Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies

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The Great Transformation of Embeddedness: Karl Polanyi and the New Economic Sociology

Beckert Jens, 2009: The Great Transformation of Embeddedness: Karl Polanyi and the New Economic Sociology. In: Hann, Chris / Keith Hart (Hrsg.): Market and Society: The Great Transformation Today. New York: Cambridge University Press, 38-55
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 23 Jan 2015
Jens Beckert
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
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Embeddedness, economic sociology, economic history, Polanyi, political economy

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The Transcending Power of Goods: Imaginative Value in the Economy

Beckert, Jens, 2011: The Transcending Power of Goods: Imaginative Value in the Economy. In: Beckert, Jens / Patrik Aspers (eds.), The Worth of Goods. Valuation and Pricing in the Economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 106-128
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 Dec 2014
Jens Beckert
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
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consumption, valuation, value, price, religion, Durkheim, symbolic, economic sociology

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Economic Sociology and Political Economy: A Programmatic Perspective

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 11 Dec 2014
Jens Beckert and Wolfgang Streeck
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies and Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
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Economic sociology, political economy

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In the Shadow. Illegal Markets and Economic Sociology

Beckert, Jens/Frank Wehinger, 2013: In the Shadow: Illegal Markets and Economic Sociology. In: Socio-Economic Review 11 (1), 5-30
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 18 Oct 2014
Jens Beckert and Frank P. Wehinger
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies and Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
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The Social Order of Markets

Beckert, Jens, 2009: The Social Order of Markets. In: Theory and Society 38, 245-269
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 23 Jan 2015
Jens Beckert
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
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Economic sociology, uncertainty, coordination, cooperation, value, competition

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Trust and the Performative Construction of Markets

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 23 Jan 2015
Jens Beckert
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
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Markets, trust, confidence, performativity, economic sociology, sociology of markets

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The Moral Embeddedness of Markets

Beckert, Jens, 2006: The Moral Embeddedness of Markets. In: Jane Clary/Wilfred Dolfsma/Deborah M. Figart (eds.), Ethics and the Market: Insights from Social Economics. London: Routledge, 11-25
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 18 Oct 2014
Jens Beckert
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
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Capitalist Dynamics: Fictional Expectations and the Openness of the Future

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 11 Dec 2014
Jens Beckert
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
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Capitalism, economic dynamics, imaginaries, fictional expectations, Political Economy, Economic Sociology

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Wine as a Cultural Product: Symbolic Capital and Price Formation in the Wine Field

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 11 Dec 2014
Jens Beckert, Jörg Rössel and Patrick Schenk
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, University of Zurich and University of Zurich
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wine, price, value, economic sociology, market sociology, social status, uncertainty, quality

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Imagined Futures: Fictionality in Economic Action

Beckert, Jens, 2013: Imagined Futures. Fictional Expectations in the Economy. In: Theory and Society 42, 219-240
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 11 Dec 2014
Jens Beckert
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
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expectations, future, imaginaries, decision making, economic sociology, uncertainty, capitalist dynamics

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Where Do Prices Come from? Sociological Approaches to Price Formation

Beckert, Jens, 2011: Where Do Prices Come From? Sociological Approaches to Price Formation. In: Socio-Economic Review 9, 4, 757-786
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 11 Dec 2014
Jens Beckert
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
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price theory, economic sociology, value, institutions, networks, culture

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Are We Still Modern? Inheritance Law and the Broken Promise of the Enlightenment

Beckert, Jens, 2013: Are We Still Modern? Inheritance Law and the Broken Promise of the Enlightenment. In: Cunliffe, John/ Guido Erreygers (eds.), Inherited Wealth, Justice and Equality. London: Routledge, 70-80, 2012
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 12 Dec 2014
Jens Beckert
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
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inheritance, bequests, law, sociology of law

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Capitalism as a System of Contingent Expectations: Toward a Sociological Microfoundation of Political Economy

Beckert, Jens, 2013: Capitalism as a System of Expectations: Toward a Sociological Microfoundation of Political Economy. In: Politics & Society 41 (3), 323-350
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 11 Dec 2014
Jens Beckert
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
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capitalism, expectations, uncertainty, economic sociology, political economy, competition, commodification, innovation, imaginaries

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Quality Classifications in Competition: Price Formation in the German Wine Market

Rössel, Jörg / Jens Beckert, 2013: Quality Classifications in Competition: Price Formation in the German Wine Market. In: Beckert, Jens / Christine Musselin (eds.), Constructing Quality. The Classification of Goods in Markets. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 288-315
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 23 Jan 2015
Jens Beckert and Jörg Rössel
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies and University of Zurich
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wine market, price formation, quality, value, valuation, economic sociology, uncertainty, agriculture