The Social Structures of the Economy
Much orthodox economic theory is based on assumptions which are treated as self-evident: supply and demand are regarded as independent entities, the individual is assumed to be a rational agent who knows his interests and how to make decisions corresponding to them, and so on. But one has only to examine an economic transaction closely, as Pierre Bourdieu does here for the buying and selling of houses, to see that these abstract assumptions cannot explain what happens in reality.As Bourdieu shows, the market is constructed by the state, which can decide, for example, whether to promote private housing or collective provision. And the individu…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-7456-2539-3
- EAN: 9780745625393
- Produktnummer: 1573873
- Verlag: Polity Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 263 S.
- Masse: H23.6 cm x B16.1 cm x D2.5 cm 564 g
- Gewicht: 564
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Pierre Bourdieu was the Professor of Sociology at the College de France.
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