PD Dr. Patrik Aspers
Publications
Books
(2010) Orderly Fashion: The Sociology of Markets, Princeton: Princeton University Press.More information here
(2007) Etnografiska Metoder [Ethnographic Methods] Malmö: Liber.
Interview with Aspers on the book (in Swedish)
(2006) Markets in Fashion, A Phenomenological Approach, [2nd. Revised ed] London: Routledge.
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(2004) Bilder i Samhället, (Pictures in the Analysis of Society) (co-edited with Árni Sverrisson and Paul Fuehrer (eds.), Lund: Studentlitteratur.
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(2001) Dygder som drivkraft och föredöme (Virtues as Driving Force and Model) (co-written with Aronsson, Peter; Uddhammar, Emil et.al.) Stockholm: City University Press.
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(2001) Markets in Fashion, A Phenomenological Approach, Stockholm: City University Press (1st ed).
(1999) Framtidens dygder, (Virtues for the Future) (co-edited with Emil Uddhammar), Stockholm: City University Press.
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Journal Articles
(2010), “Alfred Marshall and the Concept of Class”, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 69, 1:151-165.Download
(2010) “Using Design for Upgrading in the Fashion Industry”, The Journal of Economic Geography, 10, 2: 167-188.
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(2009) “Knowledge and Valuation in Markets”, Theory and Society, 39,2:111-131.
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(2008) “Order in Garment Markets”, ACTA Sociologica, 3:187-202.
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(2008) "Labelling Fashion Markets", International Journal of Consumer Studies, 32:633–638.
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(2008) “Analyzing Order: Social Structure and Value in the Economic Sphere”, International Review of Sociology/Revue Internationale de Sociologie, 18, 2:301-316.
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(2007) "Three Perspectives in Contemporary Economic Sociology", British Journal of Sociology, 58, 1:135-141
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(2007) "Introduktion" (Introduction) to the theme issue of Visual Sociology, written together with the co-editor of this issue, Árni Sverrisson, Sosiologi idag, 37, 1: 3-13.
(2007) "Theory, Reality and Performance In Markets", American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 66, 2: 179-398.
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(2007), “The Practice of Defining Markets, A Comment on Charles W. Smith”, Canadian Journal of Sociology, 32, 4:479-487
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(2007) “Wissen und Bewertung auf Märkten”, Berliner Journal für Soziologie, 4:431-449.
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(2007) "Friedrich Nietzsche's Sociology", Sociological Forum, 22, 4:474-498.
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(2006) "Afterword” to the theme ‘Encounters in the Fashion Industry’", written together with my co-editor of this issue, Lise Skov, Current Sociology, 54,5:802-813.
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(2006) "Contextual Knowledge", Current Sociology, 54, 5: 745-763.
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(2005) "Identitetsformation in gränssnitt" (Formation of Identities in Interfaces), Distinktion: Scandinavian Journal of Social Theory , 11:41-57.
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(2002) "Interaktionsformer", (Forms of Interaction)”, Sociologisk Forskning, 1:6-27.
(2001) "Crossing the Boundaries of Economics and Sociology: The Case of Vilfredo Pareto", American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 60, 2:519-545.
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(2001) "A Market In Vogue, Fashion Photography in Sweden", European Societies, Vol. 3, 1:1-22.
-Reprinted [2005] in The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, R. Swedberg (ed.). "New Development in Economic Sociology", London: Edward Elgar.
- Translated (2006) into Russian in "Economic Sociology" 7, No. 5:39-55
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(2001) "Vad skulle det annars vara? Om socialkonstruktivism", (What Else Could it Be?—On Social Constructivism), Sosiologi idag, 39, 2:23-39.
(2000) "Staten som exploateringsinstrument- En analys ur ett skattesociologiskt perspektiv", (The State as a Means for Exploitation, an Analysis From a Sociology of Taxation Perspective), Tidskrift för politisk filosofi, 2: 23-39.
(1999) "Alfred Marshalls sociologi", (The Sociology of Alfred Marshall) Sosiologi idag, 37, 1:101-122.
(1999) "The Sociology of Alfred Marshall, An Overview", American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 58, 4, 651-668.
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(1997) "Vetenskaplig Realism" (Scientific Realism), Sociologisk Forskning, 4:73-80.
Book Chapters
(2010) with Kohl, Sebastian “Economic theories of Globalization“ in B. Turner (ed.), Handbook of Globalization, London: Routledge(2008), “A Note on Global Capitalism”, Pp. 3-16 in Global Capitalism, The Road Ahead, Bharti Thaka (ed.), Hyderabad: Icfai University Press.
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(2008) ”Märkte” with Beckert, Jens, Pp. 225-246 in Handbuch der Wirtschaftssoziologie. Andrea Maurer (ed.),Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschafte
(2007) "Symbolisk interaktionism" (Symbolic Interactionism) in C. Edling and J. Rydgren (eds), Social handling och sociala relationer: En grundbok i sociologisk teori, Stockholm: Natur och Kultur.
(2006) "Ethics in Global Garment Market Chains", pp. 287-307 in Nico Stehr, Christoph Henning, and Bernd Weiler (eds.), The Moralization of Markets, London: Transaction Press.
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(2005) "Fashion", pp. 276-277 in International Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology, Jens Beckert and Milan Zafirovski (eds.), London: Routledge Ltd.
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(2005) "Vilfredo Pareto", pp. 502-503 in International Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology, Jens Beckert and Milan Zafirovski (eds.), London: Routledge Ltd.
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(2005) "Markets, Sociology of", pp. 427-432 in International Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology, Jens Beckert and Milan Zafirovski (eds.), London: Routledge Ltd.
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(2004) "Modefotografi", Bilder i Samhället, (Pictures in the Analysis of Society) (co-edited with Árni Sverrisson and Paul Fuehrer (eds.), Lund: Studentlitteratur.
(2004) "Introduktionskapitel", Bilder i Samhället, (Pictures in the Analysis of Society) (co-edited with Árni Sverrisson and Paul Fuehrer (eds.), Lund: Studentlitteratur.
(2002) "Estetiska Marknader: exemplet modefotografi" (Aesthetic Markets: The Case of Fashion Photography), in G. Ahrne and R. Swedberg (eds.), Ekonomin i samhället, Lund: Studentlitteratur.
(1999) "Socialt kapital och dygder i det postindustriella samhället" (Social Capital and Virtues in Post-Industrial Society) in P. Aspers and E. Uddhammar (eds.) Framtidens dygder (Virtues for the Future), Stockholm: City University Press.
(1999) "Introduktionskapitel", (Introductory Chapter together with E. Uddhammar) in P. Aspers and E. Uddhammar (eds.) Framtidens dygder (Virtues for the Future), Stockholm: City University Press.
Discussion Papers and Working Papers
(2009) “How are Markets Made?”, Max-Planck Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung, Working Paper, 2/09.Download
(2008) with Kohl, Sebastain, Roine, Jesper, and Wichard, Philipp “An Economic Sociological Look at Economics”, Economic Sociology, European Electronic Newsletter, 9, 2:5-15.
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(2008) with Kohl, Sebastian, and Power, Dominic, “An Economic Sociological Look at Geography”, Economic Sociology, European Electronic Newsletter, 9, 3:3-16.
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(2008) “Convaluations”, Department of Sociology, Stockholm University, Working Paper Series.
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(2007) with, Darr, Asaf, Kohl, Sebastian “An Economic Sociological Look at Economic Anthropology” Economic Sociology, European Electronic Newsletter, 9, 1:3-10.
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(2007)" Friedrich Nietzsche as a Sociologist", Working Paper Series, 12).
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(2006), "A Note on Global Capitalism", Department of Sociology, Stockholm University, Working Paper Series, (Nr. 7/2006)
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(2006), "Economic Sociology or Sociology", Accounts: A Newsletter of Economic Sociology,5,3:6.
(2006) "Global Garment Markets in Chains", European Economic Sociology: Electronic Newsletter, 7, 3:18-22.
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(2006) "Designing for the Other: Using Knowledge to Upgrade in the Garment Industry", Max-Planck Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung, Discussion Paper 9/06.
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(2005) "Performativity, Neoclassical Theory and Economic Sociology", European Economic Sociology: Electronic Newsletter, Vol , 2:33-39.
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(2005) "Status and Standard Markets in the Global Garment Industry", Max-Planck Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung, Discussion Paper 05/10.
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(2004) "Empirical Phenomenology, An Approach for Qualitative Research", The Methodology Institute, London School of Economics.
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(2000b) "Subjective or Objective Rational Choice Theory?", Working Papers on Social Mechanism, Stockholm: Stockholm university
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(2000a) "Crossing the Boundaries of Economics and Sociology: The Case of Vilfredo Pareto", Work-Organization-Economy Working Paper Series, Stockholm: Stockholm university.
(1998) "Socialt kapital och dygder i det postindustriella samhället" (Social Capital and Virtues in Post-Industrial Society), Work-Organization-Economy Working Paper Series, Stockholm: Stockholm university.
(1996) "Alfred Marshall som sociolog", (Alfred Marshall as a Sociologist), Work-Organization-Economy Working Paper Series, Stockholm: Stockholm university.
Reviews
(2008) “Do Economists Make Markets? On the Performativity of Economics“, ACTA Sociologica, 51, 2:16-170.(2007) “Människor och ting, en interaktionistisk analys av samlandet”, Sociologisk Forskning, 3:87-89.
(2007) “Threads of Labor”, Canadian Journal of Sociology, 32, 3:418-420
(2004) "Conventions and Structures in Economic Organization: Markets, Networks and Hierarchies", Economic Sociology, European Electronic Newsletter, 5 (3).
(2004) "Economy, Culture and Society, A Sociological Critique of Neo-liberalism and The New Sociology of Economic Behaviour", The British Journal of Sociology, 55, 3:472-474.
(2004) "The Spirit of Capitalism", History of Economic Ideas. XII., 1:89-92.
(2003) "Corporate Power in Civil Society: An Application of Societal Constitutionalism", Social Forces, 81, 4:1508-1510.
(2003) "Harvesting Development", American Journal of Sociology, 109 (2): 517-519.
(2000) "The Shape of Actions: What Humans and Machines Can Do", Contemporary Sociology, 29 (3): 563-564.
(1999) "Mind Language and Society, Philosophy in the Real World", ACTA Sociologica.
(1999) "The Social Construction of What?", Sociologisk Forskning, 2: 123-126.
(1998) "Arbete välfärd och bidrag", Tidskrift för politisk filosofi.
(1998) "Finding Philosophy in Social Sciences", ACTA Sociologica.
Other
(2008) “A Conversation with Gernot Grabher", by P. Aspers, Economic Sociology, European Electronic Newsletter, 9, 3:17-24.Download this text
(2007) “Keith Hart Answers 11 Questions”, Interview by P. Aspers, Economic Sociology, European Electronic Newsletter, 9, 1:11-16.
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