Cultural Wealth of Nations

Zusatztext "This breakout volume pushes the precarious balance of economic sociology decisively to the cultural side. The 'cultural wealth of nations' is a phrase that reconstructs Adam Smith and deserves to enter deeply into the lexicon of sociology." Informationen zum Autor Nina Bandelj is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine. Frederick F. Wherry is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan. Klappentext This book advances a cultural perspective on economic development to show that economic success can result from the symbolic resources that nations, regions and communities have at their disposal. Zusammenfassung This book advances a cultural perspective on economic development to show that economic success can result from the symbolic resources that nations, regions and communities have at their disposal.

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• Authors: Nina Bandelj, Nina (EDT)/ Wherry Bandelj, Nina Wherry Bandelj, Bandelj Nina
• Assisted by: Nina Bandelj (Editor), Frederick Wherry (Editor), Frederick F Wherry (Editor), Frederick F. Wherry (Editor)
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.07.2011
• EAN: 9780804776448
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-7644-8
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories