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Prakseologia
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2014
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issue 155
125-173
EN
The rise of the financial sector – and alteration of its functions in capitalism – has been discussed not only by economists but also by sociologists and political economists. Financialization is “(…) the increasing role of financial motives, financial markets, financial actors and financial institutions in the operation of the domestic and international economies” (Epstein 2005: 2). It is not a brand new process in sociology. However its scale and nature become an ever more popular element of the current diagnoses. Its main assumption is that crises of capita list economies are not anomalies and their scale is dependent on the (lack of) control according to the market laws. The idea that the form of crises and their scale seem to be even more grave and take into account the interdependencies between national economies is becoming paradigmatic in the social sciences. The analysis starts with a review of financialization theories, proposed in political economy and sociology. I then empirically examine the Polish financial sector of the last 15 years with a particular focus on the role of mortgages.
PL
Celem artykułu jest pokazanie, w jaki sposób metody jakościowe mogą przyczynić się do lepszego zrozumienia mechanizmów funkcjonowania rynków finansowych. We wprowadzeniu krótko omówione zostały procesy wzrostu znaczenia sektora finansów w gospodarce i życiu społecznym oraz rozwój rynków finansowych i ilościowych metod ich badania. Jako ilustrację przydatności metod jakościowych w analizie rynków finansowych podano przykłady z trzech obszarów: 1) performatywności ekonomii finansowej, 2) badań organizacji działających na rynkach finansowych oraz 3) badań zagadnień związanych z komputeryzacją i automatyzacją rynków finansowych. Obszary te powinny stanowić temat dalszych eksploracji prowadzonych przez badaczy jakościowych. W części podsumowującej artykuł umieszczono również przykłady oraz możliwe kierunki praktycznego zastosowania wiedzy będącej wynikiem badań jakościowych. Słowa kluczowe: socjologia finansów,
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This article demonstrates how qualitative research methods can contribute to better understanding of financial markets. At the beginning, the growing importance of financial sector in economy and social life, development of financial markets, and financial research methods are briefly described. Then, examples of qualitative research from three distinguished areas are presented as an illustration of usefulness of qualitative methods in researching on financial markets. These areas are: 1) performativity of economics, 2) researching on financial markets’ organizations, and 3) researching on issues connected with computerization and automation of financial markets. The areas at hand should become object of further explorations by qualitative researchers. The final section also contains examples of practical implications of qualitative research and possible directions of practical use of knowledge which is a product of qualitative studies on financial markets.
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