OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE APPLICATION OF SOCIAL STRUCTURE CONCEPT IN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
Keywords:
Social Interactions, Social Structure, Institutions, MarketAbstract
In economic science in the last few decades there is a growing interest for the economic role of social interactions and social structures. The study of these phenomena has led economists to the border areas of social sciences, where complementary explanations of individual behavior can be fruitfully integrated. An important step in this direction is the introduction into economic science concepts that are the traditional domain of sociology, such as social structure, social interaction, social capital, social cohesion and the like. Starting from the analysis of the concept of social structure, the aim of this paper is to explore the possibilities and limits of application of this concept in economic analysis.
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