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| List of Tables | |
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| Preface | |
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| Bringing Sociology Back In | |
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| A Critique of the Existing Literature in the Sociology of Markets | |
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| Theoretical Questions for a Sociology of Markets | |
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| A Political-Cultural Approach | |
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| Structure of the Book | |
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| Normative Implications of the Political-Cultural Approach to the Sociology of Markets | |
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| Markets as Institutions | |
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| Market Institutions: Basic Definitions | |
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| State Building and Market Building | |
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| Power in Policy Domains and Market Institutions | |
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| The Politics of the Creation of Market Institutions | |
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| Political Structuring of Labor Market Institutions | |
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| Policy Domains and Market Regulation in Real Societies | |
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| Stability and Complexity | |
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| Implications for Research | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Theory of Fields and the Problem of Market Formation | |
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| Markets as Fields | |
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| The Goal of Action in Stable Markets | |
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| The Problem of Change and Stability in Markets | |
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| Links between Market Formation and States | |
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| Some Macro Implications of the Theory of Fields | |
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| Globalization and Market Processes | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Logic of Employment Systems | |
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| Employment Systems as Institutional Projects | |
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| Variations and Transformations in Employment Systems | |
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| The Dynamics of Systems of Employment Relations | |
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| Insights into Comparative Employment Systems | |
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| Research Agendas | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Dynamics of U.S. Firms and the Issue of Ownership and Control in the 1970s | |
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| Review of the Literature | |
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| Management versus Owner Control | |
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| Bank Control | |
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| Market Dynamics and Management Control | |
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| Hypotheses | |
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| Data and Methods | |
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| Results | |
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| Discussion and Conclusions | |
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| Appendix A | |
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| The Rise of the Shareholder Value Conception of the Firm and the Merger Movement in the 1980s | |
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| What Is to Be Explained? | |
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| Finance Economics | |
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| Manager, Owner, and Bank Control | |
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| The Crisis of the Finance Conception of Control and the Rise of the Shareholder Value Conception of Control | |
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| Hypotheses | |
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| Data and Methods | |
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| Results | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Corporate Control in Capitalist Societies | |
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| Economic Theories and Mechanisms | |
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| Sociological Theories of Control | |
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| Comparative Cases | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Globalization | |
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| Definitions of Globalization | |
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| Critique of Globalization Arguments | |
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| The Slow Expansion and Unevenness of Global Trade | |
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| Change or Continuity in the Organization of Production? | |
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| Does Globalization Cause Deindustrialization and Inequality? | |
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| Politics, Governments, and Financial Markets | |
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| Trade, Competition, Industrial Policy, and the Welfare State | |
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| Globalization and Neoliberalism as an American Project | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Two Tales of One Industry | |
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| Stability and Efficiency | |
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| Efficiency, Stability, and Equity | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |