Social Structures of the Economy

Name: Social Structures of the Economy
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ISBN: 9780745625409

ISBN-10: 0745625401

ISBN-13: 9780745625409

Edition: 2005

Authors: Pierre Bourdieu, Chris Turner

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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 individuals involved in the transaction are immersed in…

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List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 4/22/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 180
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.94" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Introduction



The House Market



Disposition of the Agents and the Structure of the Field of Reproduction



The State and the Construction of the Market



The Field of Local Powers



A Contract under Duress


Conclusion: The Foundations of Petit-Bourgeois Suffering



Principles of an Economic Anthropology


Postscript: From the National to the International Field


Notes


Index