On a Fragment of the Institutionalization of Economic Sociology in Bulgaria
Abstract
The text is an overview of conference proceedings named “50 years of the Department of Economic Sociology”, UNWE, published in 2025 by UNWE Academic Publishing House, edited by Georgi Petrunov, Todorka Kineva and Dragomir Draganov. Print-ISBN-13: 978-619-232-903-7, E-ISBN-13: 978-619-232-904-4. The overview argues that with its 105 papers and almost 1,400 pages, the collection can also serve as valuable documentary evidence of the history of sociology in Bulgaria, particularly the institutionalization of economic sociology in the country.
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