The Social Structures of the Economy
The Social Structures of the Economy PIERRE BOURDIEU Translated by Chris Turner polity For Jerome Copyright © Pierre Bourdieu 2005 The right of Pierre Bourdieu to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Every effort has been made to trace all copyright holders, but if any have been inadvertently overlooked the publishers will be pleased to include any necessary credits in any subsequent reprint or edition. First published in 2005 by Polity Press Polity Press 65 Bridge Street Cambridge CB2 lUR, UK Polity Press 350 Main Street Malden, MA 02148, USA All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. ISBN: 0-7456-2539-8 ISBN: 0-7456-2540-1 (pb) A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Typeset in Sabon in llpt on 12pt by BookEns Ltd, Royston, Herts. Printed and bound in Great Britain by TJ International, Padstow, Cornwall Contents Introduction 1 Part I The House Market 15 1 Disposition of the Agents and the Structure of the Field of Reproduction 19 2 The State and the Construction of the Market 89 3 The Field of Local Powers 126 4 A Contract under Duress 148 Conclusion: The Foundations of Petit-Bourgeois Suffering 185 Part II Principles of an Economic Anthropology 193 Postscript: From the National to the International Field 223 Notes 233 Index 252 While economics is about how people make choice, sociology is about how they don't have any choice to make.
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