Trust, Morality, and Markets

This book focuses on morality and trust in the modern life and their impacts on the relations between society and economy in a period of turbulent social change. Combining historical sociological methods with core themes from economic sociology, the authors explore Russia's transformation into a market economy and the role of trust in social practices.

The spread of contemporary globalized capitalism wrought by the new patterns of industrialization, marketization, and consumerization shapes Russia's recent historical path and developmental possibilities. This book discusses Russia's transformation into a market economy and the role of trust in the creation of new institutions and ways of life. It focuses on the relations between society and economy in a period of turbulent social change and the extraordinary transformation of social practices.

Autorentext

Yuri Veselov is Head of the Department of Economic Sociology at Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia. He specializes in economic sociology, morals and markets. Mikhail Sinyutin is Professor at Saint-Petersburg State University and specializes in history of sociology, sociology of money and institutions. Elena Kapustkina is a lecturer at Saint-Petersburg State University specializing in entrepreneurship and gender studies.

Inhalt
Contents: Rethinking Economy and Society: the Moral Focus Economy and Morality as Embedded and Disembedded The Rise of Market Worlds: Changing Social Structures Understanding Trust in Market Societies Misunderstanding Trust in the Soviet Economy and Society Transformation: Trust as Displaced by Force New Dimensions of Trust.