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Overview

Richard Swedberg is a researcher affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their work primarily spans the field of Social Sciences, with significant contributions in subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Demography, Social Psychology, and Statistics and Probability.

Their recent academic output includes several papers published in notable venues. Key publications include:

  • Using Metaphors in Sociology: Pitfalls and Potentials, 2020, The American Sociologist
  • Theorizing with the help of the classics, 2021, Journal of Classical Sociology
  • What is a method? On the different uses of the term method in sociology, 2021, Distinktion Journal of Social Theory
  • Theory as text or theory as activities?, 2022, Sociologisk Forskning

They have collaborated frequently with several scholars in the field, including:

  • Ola Agevall
  • John Gerring
  • Colin Elman
  • Garret Christensen
  • Evan S. Lieberman

Richard Swedberg's publications appear regularly in several academic journals. The most frequent publication venues comprise:

  • Journal of Classical Sociology
  • The American Sociologist
  • Theory and Society
  • Distinktion Journal of Social Theory
  • Sociologisk Forskning

Their research covers a range of topics within social sciences, with particular emphasis on:

  • Social and Cultural Dynamics
  • Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice
  • Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
  • Management and Organizational Studies
  • Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research
  • Data Analysis and Archiving
  • Culture, Economy, and Development Studies

In addition to articles, they have produced book publications with notable academic presses. These include:

  • The Production of Knowledge (2020), Cambridge University Press
  • Economics and Sociology (2020), Princeton University Press

Best Publications

  • Social mechanisms : an analytical approach to social theory

    Peter Hedström;Richard Swedberg

  • The Sociology of Economic Life

    Mark S. Granovetter;Richard Swedberg

  • The Handbook of economic sociology

    Neil J. Smelser;Richard Swedberg

  • Principles of Economic Sociology

    Richard Swedberg

  • Max Weber and the Idea of Economic Sociology

    Richard Swedberg

  • Economics and Sociology: Redefining Their Boundaries: Conversations with Economists and Sociologists

    Richard Swedberg

  • Social Mechanisms: Social mechanisms: An introductory essay

    Peter Hedström;Richard Swedberg

  • The Max Weber Dictionary

    Richard Swedberg;Ola Agevall

  • Entrepreneurship : the social science view

    Richard Swedberg

  • The Max Weber Dictionary: Key Words and Central Concepts

    Richard Swedberg;Ola Agevall

  • The Impact of Economics on Contemporary Sociology

    James N. Baron;Michael T. Hannan;Neil Fligstein;Robert Frank

  • Handbook of Economic Sociology

    Neil J. Smelser;Richard Swedberg

  • Economic Theory and Entrepreneurial History

    Joseph A. Schumpeter;Richard Swedberg

  • Theorizing in sociology and social science: turning to the context of discovery

    Richard Swedberg

  • New Economic Sociology: What Has Been Accomplished, What Is Ahead?

    Richard Swedberg

  • Schumpeter: A Biography

    Richard Swedberg

  • The economics and sociology of capitalism

    Joseph Alois Schumpeter;Richard Swedberg

  • Joseph A. Schumpeter: His Life and Work

    Richard Swedberg

  • MAJOR TRADITIONS OF ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY

    Richard Swedberg

  • The Art of Social Theory

    Richard Swedberg

  • Explorations in Economic Sociology

    Richard Swedberg

  • The Handbook of Economic Sociology.

    Randall Collins;Neil J. Smelser;Richard Swedberg

  • Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View

    Richard Swedberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil J. Smelser
Neil J. Smelser University of California, Berkeley
Victor Nee
Victor Nee Cornell University
Trevor Pinch
Trevor Pinch Cornell University
Randall Collins
Randall Collins University of Pennsylvania
Bryan S. Turner
Bryan S. Turner Australian Catholic University
Walter W. Powell
Walter W. Powell Stanford University
Lewis A. Coser
Lewis A. Coser Brandeis University
Donald N. McCloskey
Donald N. McCloskey University of Illinois at Chicago
Andrew G. Walder
Andrew G. Walder Stanford University
Mary Douglas
Mary Douglas University College London

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