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List of Tables xi Preface xiii 1. Bringing Sociology Back In 3 ACritique of the E isting Literature in the Sociology of Markets 6Theoretical Questions for a Sociology of Markets 10 A Political-CulturalApproach 15 Structure of the Book 20 Nor ative Implications of thePolitical-Cultural Approach to the Sociology of Markets 21 PART I 25 2.Markets as Institutions 27 Market Institutions: Basic Definitions 28 StateBuilding and Market Building 36 Power in Policy Domains and MarketInstitutions 42 3. The Politics of the Creation of Market Institutions 45Political Structuring of Labor Market Institutions 53 Policy Domains andMarket Regulation in Real Societies 56 Stability and Complexity 59Implications for Research 62 Conclusion 64 4. The Theory of Fields and theProblem of Market Formation 67 Markets as Fields 67 The Goal of Action inStable Markets 70 The Proble of Change and Stability in Markets 75 Linksbetween Market For ation and States 86 Some Macro Implications of the Theoryof Fields 89 Globalization and Market Processes 94 Conclusion 97 PART II99 5. The Logic of Employment Systems 101 Employment Systems asInstitutional Projects 103 Variations and Transfor ations in EmploymentSystems 107 The Dynamics of Systems of Employment Relations 108 Insightsinto Comparative Employment Systems 111 Research Agendas 117 Conclusion 1206. The Dynamics of U.S. Firms and the Issue of Ownership and Control in the1970s 123 Review of the Literature 124 Manage ent versus Owner Control 125Bank Control 126 Market Dynamics and Manage ent Control 128 Hypotheses 130Data and Methods 132 Results 136 Discussion and Conclusions 144 Appendix A146 7. The Rise of the Shareholder Value Conception of the Firm and theMerger Movement in the 1980s 147 What Is to Be Explained? 150 FinanceEconomics 151 Manager, Owner, and Bank Control 153 The Crisis of theFinance Conception of Control and the Rise of the Shareholder ValueConception of Control 155 Hypotheses 157 Data and Methods 158 Results 162Conclusion 166 8. Corporate Control in Capitalist Societies 170 EconomicTheories and Mechanisms 172 Sociological Theories of Control 176Comparative Cases 181 Conclusion 189 9. Globalization 191 Definitions ofGlobalization 193 Critique of Globalization Arguments 195 The SlowExpansion and Unevenness of Global Trade 196 Change or Continuity in theOrganization of Production? 203 Does Globalization Cause Deindustrializationand Inequality? 206 Politics, Govern ents, and Financial Markets 209 Trade,Competition, Industrial Policy, and the Welfare State 213 Globalization andNeoliberalis as an American Project 220 Conclusion 221 0. Conclusions 223Two Tales of One Industry 223 Stability and Efficiency 228 Efficiency,Stability, and Equity 231 Conclusion 236 Notes 239 Bibliography 247 Index269