Publications
Books
Articles
Book Reviews
Books
Euroclash: The EU, European Identity, and the Future of Europe. Oxford, Eng.:Oxford University Press, forthcoming.
The Architecture of Markets: An Economic Sociology of Capitalist Societies. Princeton University Press, 2001. (Italian, French, Chinese translations in preparation; Paperback December, 2002).
The Institutionalization of Europe. Oxford, Eng.: Oxford University Press. (Co-authored with Wayne Sandholtz and Alec Stone), 2001.
Markets, Politics, and Globalization. (The 1996 Uppsala Lectures in Business) Uppsala, Sweden: Uppsala University Press, 1997.
The Transformation of Corporate Control. Harvard University Press, 1990. (Paperback edition, 1993; Italian translation, 1999).
Going North: The Migration of Blacks and Whites from Counties of the South, 1900-1950. Academic Press, 1981.
Articles:
A Political-Cultural Approach to the Problem of Strategic Action (with Doug McAdam)
Lessons From Europe: Some Reflections on the EU and the Regulation of Business
Fields, Power and Social Skill: A Critical Analysis of the New Institutionalisms
Is Globalization the Cause of the Crises of Welfare States?
"Who are the Europeans and how does this matter for politics?". In Peter Katzenstein and Jeff Checkel (ed). European Identities: Beyond Misplaced Polarities of Cosmopolitanism and Location, Cambridge University Press. Forthcoming.
"Alfred Chandler and the Sociology of Organizations". Business History Review, forthcoming.
"The Transformation of the American Economy, 1984-2001" with Taek-jin Shin. Sociological Focus, 2007.
Reprinted in F. Lordon (ed), Conflits et pouvoirs dans les institutions du capitalisme, Presses de Science-Po, Paris, forthcoming.
"The Sociology of Markets" (with Luke Dauter) in the Annual Review of Sociology, 2007.
"Sense Making and the Emergence of a New Form of Market Governance: The Case of the European Defense Industry". American Behavioral Scientist 49: 949-60, 2006.
"Corporate Governance and Economic Performance" (with Jennifer Choo). Annual Review of Law and Social Science, forthcoming.
“Organizations: Theoretical Debates and the Scope of Organizational Theory” in C. Calhoun (ed.) Handbook of International Sociology, forthcoming.
"Is there enough global governance?" Perspectives on Politics, 2005.
"The End of (Shareholder Value) Ideology?". Political Power and Social Theory, London: Elsevier, 2005.
"States, markets, and economic change." In R. Swedberg and V. Nee (ed.) Frontiers of Economic Sociology, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2005.
“The political and economic sociology of international economic agreements.” N. Smelser and R. Swedberg (ed.) The Handbook of Economic Sociology, 2005.
“The shareholder value society: Changes in working conditions and inequality in the U.S., 1975-2000” (with Taek-jin Shin). In K. Neckerman Social Inequality, New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2004.
Reprinted in Indicators, 2003: 5-43.
“Work in the Postindustrial Economy in California” with Ofer Sharone. In R. Milkman (ed.) The State of California Labor, University of California Press, pp. 67-96, 2002.
“Constructing markets and politics: An institutionalist account of European integration”, with Alec Stone Sweet, American Journal of Sociology , 107: 1206-43, 2002.
“Agreements, disagreements, and opportunities in the New Sociology of Markets”. In M. Guillen, P. England, and D. Massey (ed.) The New Economic Sociology, Princeton University Press, pp. 61-78, 2002.
“Globalization or Europeanization: Changes in the European Economy, 1980-2000” with Frederic Merand, Acta Sociologica, 45:7-22, 2002.
“Institutional entrepreneurs and cultural frames: The case of the European Union’s Single Market Program,” European Societies, 3: 261-287, 2001.
“Myths of the Market.” Actes de las Reserche en Social Sciences, 2001, 2: 23-42.
“The institutionalization of Europe” (With Alec Stone Sweet and Wayne Sandholtz) in The Institutionalization of Europe”. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
“Building Europe: From the Treaty of Rome to the constitution of policy domains”. In The Institutionalization of Europe, (with Alec Stone) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
“Social skill and the theory of fields.” Sociological Theory 19:105-25, 2001.
Reprinted in V. Radeav (ed.) Readings in Sociology. Moscow, Russia: University of Moscow Press.
"Stability, efficiency, and the national organization of production" in J. Rauch and A. Casella (ed.) Networks and Markets New York: Russell Sage, 2001.
“Versaucht globalisierung die Krise des Wohlfahrtsstaates?” Berliner Journal for Soziologie 3:349-78, 2000.
“The process of Europeanization”, Journal of European Politics, 1: 25-42, 2000.
“The “new” sociology of markets: a critique and synthesis” In. M. Ventrusca and J. Porath (ed.). The Social Construction of Industries and Markets, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.
“Diversification, stability, and efficiency in the largest corporations”. Strategic Management (Annual Volume) ed. By F. Dobbin and F. Baum, New York: JAI Press, 2000.
"The institutional terrain of the European Union" (with Jason McNichol), in A. Stone and W. Sandholtz (ed.) European Integration and Supranational Governance, Cambridge University Press, 1998.
"The politics of quantification", Accounting, Organization, and Society, 34: 135-148, 1998.
“Rhetorique et realities de la ‘mondalisation’”. Actes de la Recherche en Social Sciences. 1997: 36-48.
"Social skill and institutional theory" , American Behavioral Scientist, 40: 397-405, 1997.
"How to make a market: reflections on the European Union's Single Market Program" (with Iona Mara Drita), American Journal of Sociology, 102: 1-33, 1996.
Reprinted in D. Chalmers (ed.) European Union Law: Texts and Analysis, Aldershot, U.K.: Ashgate Publishing, 1999.
Reprinted in M. Abolofia (ed.) Markets. Camberly, UK: Edgar Elgar (forthcoming).
Reprinted in R. Swedberg (ed.) New Developments in Economic Sociology. Camberley, UK: Edgar Elgar (forthcoming).
Reprinted in V. Radeav (ed.) Economic Sociology. Moscow, Russia: University of Moscow Press, 2002.
Reprinted in N. Biggart (ed.) Readings in Economic Sociology. Cambridge, Eng.: Blackwell, 2002.
Reprinted in A. Kirschner and C. Monteiro (ed.) Work, Economy, and Globalization , Rio de Janeiro: IEC, 2002.
Reprinted in R. Marques (ed.) The New Economic Sociology Lisbon, Portugal: Celta Editora, 2002.
"The economic sociology of the transitions from socialism", American Journal of Sociology, Volume 101, Number 4 (January 1996): 1074-81.
"The Logic of Employment Systems" (with Haldor Byrkjeflot), J. Baron, D. Grusky, and D. Treiman (ed.) Social Differentiation and Social Inequality. Westview Press, 1996, pp. 11-35.
"Networks of power or the finance conception of control?" American Sociological Review, 1995, vol. 60 (August: 500-503).
"Theoretical and comparative perspectives on corporate organization" (with Robert Freeland). Annual Review of Sociology, pp.21-43, 1995.
Reprinted in R. Swedberg (ed.) Economic Sociology, London: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1999.
"The 1992 Single Market Program and the interests of business" (with Peter Brantley). In B. Eichengreen and J. Frieden (ed.) Politics and Institutions in an Integrated Europe. New York and Heidelberg, FRG: Verlag Springer, 1995.
"The Single Market Program and its implications for the strategies and structures of firms" Proceedings of the Eurostat Conference on Panel Data of Firms. Luxembourg: Official Publications of the European Community, 1995.
"The Financial Conception of the Firm in Theoretical and Comparative Perspective" C. Garrado (ed.) Financial Systems in Transition, Mexico City, UNAM Press, PP. 143-60, 1995.
"The Finance Conception of the Corporation and the Causes of the Financial Reorganization of Large Corporations, 1979-1989" (with Linda Markowitz), W.J. Wilson (ed.), Sociology and Social Policy, JAI Press (ASA Presidential Volume Series), pp. 185-206, 1993.
"Bank Control, Owner Control, or Organizational Dynamics: Who controls the Large Corporation?" (with Peter Brantley) American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 98, pp. 280-307, 1992.
Reprinted in S. Wheeler (ed.), The International Library of Essays in Law and Legal Theory, Dartmouth Publishing Company, 1995.
"The Social Construction of Efficiency" in M. Zey (ed.), Decision Making: Alternatives to Rational Choice Models, Sage Publications, pp. 72-98, 1992.
"The Structural Transformation of American Industry: An Institutional Account of the Causes of Diversification in the Largest Firms" in W. Powell and P. DiMaggio (ed.), The New Institutionalism, University of Chicago Press, 1991, pp. 311-336.
Reprinted in R. Whitley (ed). Critical Studies in Economic Institutions. Cheltenham, UK.: Edgar Elgar, 2002.
Reprinted in J. Sensenbrenner and C. Jiahai (ed.), Frontiers in Economic Sociology. Shanghai, China: Sanlian Press, 1994.
"Organizational, Demographic, and Economic Determinants of the Growth Patterns of Large Firms" in C. Calhoun (ed.), Comparative Social Research, Vol. 12, pp. 19-44, JAI Press, 1990.
"Changes in Corporate Organization" (with Ken Dauber), Annual Review of Sociology 15: 73-96, 1989.
"Worker Power, Firm Power and the Structure of Labor Markets" (with Roberto Fernandez), Sociological Quarterly 29: 5-28, 1988.
"The Intraorganizational Power Struggle: The Rise of Finance Presidents in Large Corporations, 1919-1979," American Sociological Review, 1987: 44-58.
Reprinted in W.R. Scott (ed.) Organizational Sociology. Aldershot, England: Dartmouth Publishing, 1995.
"The Underdevelopment of the South: State and Agriculture, 1865-1900" in E. Havens (ed), The State and Agriculture, Allendale Press, 1986: 60-103.
"The Spread of the Multidivisional Form, 1919-79," American Sociological Review, (50) 1985: 377-391.
Reprinted in R. Hall (ed.) History of Management Thought. Aldershot, England: Dartmouth Publishing, 1995.
Reprinted in S. Clegg (ed.) Central Currents in Organization Studies. London: Sage publications, forthcoming.
"Educational Transitions of Whites and Mexican-Americans" (with Roberto Fernandez) in M. Tienda and G. Borjas (ed.), Hispanics in the Labor Market, Academic Press, 1985: 161-192.
"Educational Attainment of Hispanics in the U.S." (with Roberto Fernandez) in P. Cafferty and W. MaCready (ed.), Hispanics in the United States: A New Social Agenda, Transaction Press, 1985: 113-146.
"Re-evaluating the Uses of Status: The Case of Earnings Determination" (with Alex Hicks), Social Science Research, (13) 1984: 90-110.
"The Transformation of Southern Agriculture and the Migration of Blacks and Whites, 1930-1950," International Migration Review, 1983: 268-290.
"Hispanic Educational Attainment: Descriptive Analyses and Models of the Process," National Commission for Employment Policy, March 1982.
"Towards a Theory of Income Determination" (with Alex Hicks and Phil Morgan), Sociology of Work and Occupations, 1982: 289-306.
"A Response to Bridges and Miller" (with Michael Sobel and Wendy Wolf), American Sociological Review, 1981: 685-688.
"Defrocking Dualism: A New Approach to Defining Industrial Sectors" (with Bob Kaufman and Randy Hodson), Social Science Research 10, 1981: 1-32.
"Militarism, Not Service," Transaction Magazine 18: March-April 1981: 43-44.
"Who Served in the Military, 1940-1973?" Armed Forces and Society 6, 1980: 297-312.
"How Can We Explain Apparent Sex Similarities in Occupational Status Attainment?" (with Wendy Wolf), Women's Changing Roles at Home and on the Job, National Commission for Manpower Policy, Special Report, No. 26 (September 1978).
"Sex and Authority in the Workplace: The Causes of Sexual Inequality" (with Wendy Wolf), American Sociological Review 44, 1979: 235-252.
"Sexual Stratification: Differences in Power in the Work Setting" (with Wendy Wolf), Social Forces 58, 1979: 94-107.
"Sex Similarities in Occupational Status Attainment: Are the Results due to Restriction of the Sample to Employed Women?" (with Wendy Wolf), Social Science Research 7, 1979: 197-212.
Book Reviews:
"Markets from Networks" by Harrison White, Contemporary Sociology, 2003.
"Organizing America" by Charles Perrow, Business History Review, 2003.
“The 21st Century Firm” edited by Paul DiMaggio, American Journal of Sociology, 2002.
“Time and Poverty in Western Welfare States,” by L. Leisering and S. Liebfried, Contemporary Sociology, 2001.
“Socializing Capital” by William Roy, Business History Review, 2000.
"Participation and Policy Making in the European Union" by Helen Wallace, Journal of Common Market Studies. 1999.
Review Essay: "Chasing Alfred Chandler". American Journal of Sociology. 1999.
Review Essay: "Patterns in Corporate Evolution" by Neil Kay. Administrative Science Quarterly, 1999.
"The Ownership of Enterprise" by Henry Hannsmann. American Journal of Sociology, 1997.
"Jacques Delors and European Integration" by George Ross. Contemporary Sociology, 1996.
"Managers vs. Owners" by Allen Kaufman, Lawrence Zacharias, and Marvin Karsan. American Journal of Sociology, 1996.
"Strong Managers, Weak Owners" by Mark Roe. Contemporary Sociology, 1995.
"Executive Defense" by Michael Useem. American Journal of Sociology, 1994.
"The Market Experience" by Robert Lane. American Journal of Sociology, 1994.
"Rival Capitalists: International Competitiveness in the U.S. Japan, and Western Europe" by J. Hart, Contemporary Sociology, 1994.
"Enterprise and American Law, 1936-1937" by Herbert Haverkamp, Contemporary Sociology, 1993.
"Managing in the Corporate Interest" by Vicki Smith, American Journal of Sociology, 1991.
"The New Competition" by Michael Best, Contemporary Sociology, 1991.
Review Essay, "Alfred Chandler's Organizational Sociology" Business History Review, 1990.
"Scale and Scope" by Alfred Chandler, American Journal of Sociology, 1990.
"Institutional Patterns and Organizations" (ed) by Lynne Zucker, Administrative Science Quarterly, 1989.
"Complex Organizations: A Critical Review" by Charles Perrow, Teaching Sociology, 1989.
"Branches Without Roots" by Gerald Jaynes, Contemporary Sociology, 1986.
"Oppression" by J.H. Turner, R. Singleton, Jr. and D. Musick, Contemporary Sociology, 1985.
"The Population of the South" (ed) by Dudley Poston and Robert Weiler, American Journal of Sociology, 1984.
"Patterns of Corporatist Policy Making" (ed.) by Gerhard Lehmbrach and Philippe C. Schmitter, Contemporary Sociology, 1983.
"A Deplorable Scarcity" by Fred Bateman and Thomas Weiss, Rural Sociology, 1982.
"Life Chances" by Ralf Dahrendorf, Ethics, 1981.
"Labor Migration under Capitalism: The Puerto Rican Experience" by The Puerto Rican History Task Force, The Insurgent Sociologist, 1980.
"Scientific-technological Revolution: Social Aspects" by Ralf Dahrendorf et al., Sociology and Social Research 63 (4), 1979: 799-800.