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Economic�sociology�extends the sociological approach to the study of the economy.�The goal is to understand the relationship between social structure and�economic�action. We explore how people find jobs, rely on networks to share knowledge and information, acquire and utilize cultural, social and political capital, why individual actors cooperate with strangers; and the question of rational action in�economic�life. At the macro-level, the course addresses the question of why and how institutions enable, motivate and guide�economicaction; the social dynamics of institutional change; and explore the role of norms and networks in the capitalism of the United States and China.

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