sociology of the economy versus economic sociology：经济社会学与经济社会学精品.pdfVIP

WFES 1:1 2010 Sociology of the Economy versus Economic Sociology Jacek Tittenbrun* Abstract Sociology of the economy and economic sociology both can be used as a name for specii c subdisciplines of sociology. In this paper, by introducing theory of socioeconomic structuralism, I of er a solution that may reconcile the supporters of both competing concepts. I claim that fruitless competition may be avoided through demarcating respective areas of interest. h e sociology of the economy could be dei ned as a sociological view of the economic structure, which could also cover the issues of interest socioeconomics, i.e. the impact of non-economic factors on economic phenomena and processes. Whereas economic sociology would deal with the impact of economic structures on non-economic spheres of social life. In this article, I will thoroughly examine two well-known concepts: Homans’s theory of exchange and Becker’s economic sociology and through their critical analysis I will dei ne my proposals. Among the two terms mentioned in the title of this paper, which both can be used as a name for a specii c subdiscipline of sociology, the second one seems to be much more popular among those who deal with this discipline in Poland, as evidenced in titles of books and course books, names of chairs and institutes at universities, titles of courses, etc. Meanwhile, that situation seems to have originated in Poland * Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Higher School of Humanities and Journalism (WSNHiD) in Poznan. 166 Jacek Tittenbrun 1 as a result of a misunderstanding or a mistranslation . However, if this problem boiled down only to a linguistic peculiari