Market relations and the competitive process

There Has Been Increasing Interest And Debate In Recent Years On The Instituted Nature Of Economic Processes In General And The Related Ideas Of The Market, In Particular The Competitive Process. This Debate Lies At The Interface Between Two Largely Independent Disciplines, Economics And Sociology, And Reflects An Attempt To Bring The Two Fields Of Discourse More Closely Together. This Book Explores This Interface In A Number Of Ways, Looking At The Competitive Process And Market Relations From A Number Of Different Perspectives. It Includes A Wide Range Of Contributors, Most Of Whom Are Leadi Contents; List Of Figures And Tables; List Of Contributors; Series Foreword; Introduction Stan Metcalfe And Alan Warde; 1 On The Complexities And Limits Of Market Organisation Richard R. Nelson; 2 Markets, Embeddedness And Trust: Problems Of Polysemy And Idealism Andrew Sayer; 3 Cognition And Markets Brian J. Loasby; 4 Competition As Instituted Economic Process Mark Harvey; 5 Markets, Materiality And The 'new Economy' Don Slater; 6 Between Markets, Firms And Networks: Constituting The Cultural Economy Fran Tonkiss 7 Regulatory Issues And Industrial Policy In Football1 Jonathan Michie And Christine Oughton8 The Evolution Of The Uk Software Market: Scale Of Demand And The Role Of Competences Suma S. Athreye; 9 Open Systems And Regional Innovation: The Resurgence Of Route 128 In Massachusetts1 Michael H. Best; Conclusion Stan Metcalfe And Alan Warde; Index Edited By Stan Metcalfe, Alan Warde. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. English