Acknowledgements

Many of these papers were given in earlier forms at two workshops (on ‘The Technological Economy’ held at Goldsmiths College and on ‘Innovating Markets’ at the London School of Economics). Our thanks to all who participated in the events for their contributions, to the Departments of Sociology at Goldsmiths and the LSE, and to Economy and Society, for their financial support.

The following chapters have been published elsewhere, in whole or in part: Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 in Economy and Society 31, 2, 2002; Chapter 6 in Distinktion 7, 7-23, 2003; Chapter 8 in Review of International Political Economy. Permission to publish this material is gratefully acknowledged.