Academic Associations of Economic Sociology
The Global Academic Community of Economic Sociology and Political Economy (ESPE) is the main online platform (which is based on Facebook and Twitter) that gathers more than 4100 researchers, students and practitioners from 55 countries interested in economic sociology and related topics. From its foundation in June 2011, this community has become a unique source of relevant academic information and a venue for interaction among faculty, graduate students and policy makers.
The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) is considered as the central international academic association whose members closely involved in social studies of economy and economic processes.
The American Sociological Association's Economic Sociology section became a permanent Section in January 2001 and presently it has more than 400 members.
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