Essays in economic sociology /
Weber, Max,1864-1920.
Swedberg, Richard.
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,
c1999.
Modern capitalism: key characteristics and key institutions -- The spirit of capitalism -- The market -- The beginnings of the firm -- Class, status, and party -- The three types of legitimate domination -- The bureaucratization of politics and the economy -- The rational state and its legal system -- The national state and economic policy (Freiburg address) -- The social causes of the decay of ancient civilization -- The evolution of the capitalist spirit -- The Protestant sects and the spirit of capitalism -- Kinship and capitalism in China -- The caste system in India -- Charity in ancient Palestine -- Sociological categories of economic action -- The area of economics, economic theory, and the ideal type -- Marginal utility analysis and "the fundamental law of psychophysics."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-302) and index.
Sociology
Economics