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Philippe Steiner is a longstanding member of France’s economic sociology field and a professor of sociology at the Université Paris IV, Sorbonne. The third edition of his book La sociologie économique was published by La Découverte (2007). His current work examines the market for human body organs. His most recent publication, Traité de Sociologie Economique, coedited with Francois Vatin, will be published by Les Presses Universitaires de France in September.