This volume examines the interplay of society and economy against the backdrop of recent crises as well as technological, political and social change in Europe. Covering a range of case studies from different European countries and regions, the contributions analyse the effects of recent challenges such as the Corona Pandemic, the rise of economic nationalism, the functioning of illegal markets, as well as changes in markets and other economic institutions. The book presents the current state of European economic sociological perspectives as well as an overview of the latest theoretical and methodological advancements in the field. It will appeal to students and scholars of economic sociology, economics, political science, political economy, and comparative capitalism research.
1. Introduction: Economic sociology in Europe - Current trends and future challenges
Andrea Maurer, Sebastian Nessel and Alberto Veira-Ramos
Part I: Studies on Markets
2. Embedding authenticity in production logics. The case of the microbrewery resurgence in Belgium
Pauline Delperdange and Marc Zune
3. The power of digital platforms. What do darknet drug platforms have in common with platform giants?
Meropi Tzanetakis and Stefan Marx
4. Building trust by assembling signs of trustworthiness in illegalized exchanges: the case of the illegalized house cleaning market in Geneva
Loïc Pignolo
Part II: Studies on societal and political institutions
5. Beyond the gift/commodity binary: sustaining altruism in blood and plasma donation through alternative exchange systems
Sam Gorleer, Piet Bracke and Lesley Hustinx
6. New art foundations and public museums valuating artists in Paris. Competing strategies in an overlapping zone between the national and the international fields
Brianne Dubois
7. The moral economy of popular music consumption in post-2010 Hungary: everyday nationalism, familialism, and apoliticism
Emília Barna and Ágnes Patakfalvi-Czirják
Part III: Studies on crises from an economic sociological perspective
8. The impact of social identity: how unemployment affects civic participation beyond financial strain
Carlotta Giustozzi
9. Changing economic imaginaries: making sense of consumption during the COVID-19 crisis
Ella Lillqvist and Päivi Timonen
10. Cultural entrepreneurship in times of change and crisis: self-employed Dutch artists during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Sara Malou Strandvad, Nathalie Schram and Erik Gustafsson
Part IV: Advances in Economic Sociology in Europe
11. Economic sociology in Europe and North America: an exploration based on a systematic review of the literature
Manuel Fernández-Esquinas, Paula Espinosa-Soriano, José Luis Ortega and Matilde Massó
