In stressing the cultural determinants of a child’s worth. Zelizer takes issue with practitioners of the new “sociological economics,” who have analyzed such tradi- (45) tionally sociological topics as crime, marriage, educa- tion, and health solely in terms of their economic deter- minants. Allowing only a small role for cultural forces in the form of individual “preferences,” these sociologists tend to view all human behavior as directed primarily by (50) the principle of maximizing economic gain. Zelizer is highly critical of this approach, and emphasizes instead the opposite phenomenon: the power of social values to transform price. As children became more valuable in emotional terms, she argues, their “exchange” or “ sur- (55) render” value on the market, that is, the conversion of their intangible worth into cash terms, became much greater. 我的问题是怎么理解这段话的层次关系。另外怎么理解划线部分的意思。先谢谢NN!!1   
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