Social structures carry history and continuity that independently affect economic systems
Evidence
Granovetter’s idea of embeddedness may be seen as an attempt to introduce into the analysis of economic systems social organization and social relations not merely as a structure that springs into place to fulfill an economic function, but as a structure with history and continuity that give it an independent effect on the functioning of economic systems. — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 29
Categorization
- XREF: This “history and continuity” framing is the exact mechanism the reader’s Sicilian-piazza case turns on: dense ties precede and outlast any state institution. — connects to: Economic structures are necessary but not sufficient to explain political and ideological features; Economic transactions are governed by their embeddedness in social networks — TOMASZ OLEJNICZAK, Development of Trust in Low-Trust…, 17; Economism reduces social formations to a single line of economic determination (+10 more)
Related
- Economic transactions are governed by their embeddedness in social networks (similarity 0.84)
- Economic base determines superstructure and historical epochs change through structural contradiction (similarity 0.82)
- Economic institutions depend on personal networks that generate trust and enforce norms (similarity 0.79)