“…if you want to know why people work hard, work conscientiously, work creatively, work entrepreneurially, money is only a small part of the answer; you need also to look at social structures, the perceived fairness of organizational arrangements, friendships, collegiality, obligations arising from personal relations, as well as the intrinsic satisfactions of the work itself. (Ronald Dore, Stock market capitalism Welfare capitalism vii-viii)”

經濟社會學是一門與我們日常生活息息相關的知識，經濟社會學分析經濟生活如何植根於文化、社會網絡、制度與政治基礎。經濟社會學最重要的命題是個人與企業決策選擇、社會規約/文化、國家行動共同影響市場與資本主義運作。這個課程的目標是訓練運用經濟社會學的觀點分析微觀的經濟行動如何連結到鉅觀的體系，並學習對經濟現象具有跨國比較的視野。本課程將引介經濟社會學的重要理論、概念、與經驗研究，重點在於強調文化與社會如何提供經濟活動的運作原則與基礎。