The Center
The Center for the Study of Economy and Society is a research and training center focused on advancing the sociological analysis of economic markets and economic action.
The Center for the Study of Economy and Society is a research and training center focused on advancing the sociological analysis of economic markets and economic action.
Inspired by Max Weber and his influential book Economy and Society, CSES’s mission is to extend the core ideas and insights pioneered by Weber in a new institutionalist approach to the study of economy, society, and polity.
“Actors do not behave or decide as atoms outside a social context ... Their attempts at purposive action are instead embedded in concrete, ongoing systems of social relations.”— Mark Granovetter