The sociology of markets has been one of the most vibrant fields in sociology in the past 25 years. There is a great deal of agreement that markets are social structures characterized by extensive social relationships between firms, workers, suppliers, customers, and governments. But, like in many sociological literatures, the theory camps that have formed often seem to speak by each other. We show that some of the disagreement between theory camps is due to differences in conceptual language, and other disagreements stem from the fact that theory camps ignore the concepts in other theory camps, thereby making their theories less complete. We end by considering deeper controversies in the literature that seem open both to new conceptualization and further empirical research.
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A sociologia dos mercados tem sido um dos campos mais vibrantes da sociologia nos últimos 25 anos. Há uma boa dose de concordância de que os mercados são estruturas sociais caracterizadas por relações sociais extensas entre firmas, trabalhadores, fornecedores, clientes e governos. No entanto, assim como em tantas literaturas sociológicas, os campos teóricos que se formaram com frequência parecem falar sem levar os demais em consideração. Nós demonstramos que parte das discordâncias entre os campos teóricos se deve a diferenças na linguagem conceitual, e outras discordâncias estão ligadas ao fato de que os campos teóricos ignoram os conceitos em outros campos, o que torna suas teorias menos completas. Nós terminamos discutindo controvérsias mais profundas na literatura que parecem abertas tanto a novas conceptualizações, quanto a pesquisa empírica adicional.
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