In recent years, sociologists have taken up a fruitful examination of institutions such as capital, labor, and product markets; industrial organization; and stock exchanges. Compared to earlier traditions of economic sociology, recent work shows more interest in phenomena usually studied exclusively by economists. At the same time, recent work challenges the adequacy of the neoclassical model. In The Sociology of Economic Life , editors Granovetter and Swedberg incorporate classic and contemporary readings in economic sociology and related disciplines to provide students with a broad understanding of the many dimensions of economic life. A thorough and accessible introduction by the editors traces the history of thought in the field and assesses recent advances and future trends. The third edition is substantially revised and updated with eight new chapters, including original contributions from some of the field’s leading scholars that explain cutting-edge research and critically review the essential scholarship in the field.

馬剋•格蘭諾維特，美國斯坦福大學人文與科學學院教授，20世紀70年代以來全球最知名的社會學傢之一。其“經濟行動與社會結構：嵌入性問題”一文，被社會學傢和經濟學傢公認為經濟社會學發展趨勢的決定性文章，格蘭諾維特後來把注重網絡的分析稱為新經濟社會學。現為斯坦福大學“矽榖社會網絡”項目負責人。

理查德•斯威德伯格，美國康奈爾大學社會學係教授，專業研究領域為經濟社會學，目前國際經濟社會學界赫赫有名的人物。主要著作有：《經濟社會學原理》《馬剋斯•韋伯及其經濟社會學思想》《經濟學與社會學》等。