{"product_id":"assembling-export-markets-9781118632611","title":"Assembling Export Markets","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAssembling Export Markets\u003c\/i\u003e explores the new frontier regions' of the global fresh produce market that has emerged in Ghana over the past decade.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eRepresents a major and empirically rich contribution to the emerging field of the social studies of economization and marketization\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers one of the first ethnographic accounts on the making of global commodity chains from below'\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDenaturalizes global markets by unpacking their local engagement, materially entangled construction, need for maintenance, and fragile character\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a trans-disciplinary engagement with the construction and extension of market relations in two frontier regions of global capitalism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCritically examines the opportunities and risks for firms and farms in Ghana entering global fresh produce markets\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface \u003c\/i\u003eviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface \u003c\/i\u003eix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTechnical Remarks \u003c\/i\u003exi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Figures \u003c\/i\u003exii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Tables \u003c\/i\u003exiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbbreviations \u003c\/i\u003exiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction: Struggling with “World Market Integration” 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRethinking Global Connections 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrounding Commodity Chains: Geographies of Marketization 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMatters of Concern 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Practical Means of Marketization \u003c\/i\u003e15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarketization as Proliferation \u003c\/i\u003e16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOf Frontier Regions and Borderlands \u003c\/i\u003e16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow This Book Unfolds 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Querying Marketization 21\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying Markets as Practical Accomplishments 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarkets as Sociotechnical Agencements \u003c\/i\u003e25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Problems” of Market\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e]\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaking \u003c\/i\u003e29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExchanging Goods the “Right” Way 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eQualified Objectifications \u003c\/i\u003e32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDetachment\/Calculation \u003c\/i\u003e35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSingularizations \u003c\/i\u003e36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKnowing \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003eDoing Markets 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Market Knowledge to Knowing Markets \u003c\/i\u003e38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePower in\/through Markets \u003c\/i\u003e39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormatting Market Encounters 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Order(ing) of Markets 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Remaking “the Economy”: Taking Ghanaian Horticulture to Global Markets 53\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModels of Organizing “the Economy”: From Macro to Micro 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Tale of Two Frontiers 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarkets for Development: Organic Mangoes in Northern Ghana \u003c\/i\u003e60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFresh from Farm: JIT Pineapple Markets \u003c\/i\u003e66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSites of Attention 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Critical Ethnographies of Marketization 77\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResearching Markets in the Making 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOutside\/Inside “the Market” 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Reconstructing” Market Practices 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTechnicalities? \u003c\/i\u003e86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKnowledge Production: Heuristics and Limitations \u003c\/i\u003e88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter “the Field”: \u003ci\u003eVeni, Vidi, Vici\u003c\/i\u003e? 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 The Birth of Global Agrifood Market Connections 94\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNothing Was Packaged for (High]value) Export 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarket Enrollment, Not Integration \u003c\/i\u003e98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Messy Economics of Outgrowing \u003c\/i\u003e107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarket\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e]\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003emaking as Boundary Work \u003c\/i\u003e108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOutflanking Nature? \u003c\/i\u003e113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Terms of “World Market” Enrollment 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGood(s) Connect(ions) 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHaving the “Right” Product \u003c\/i\u003e121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerforming the Audit Economy \u003c\/i\u003e122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRelational Properties of Competition \u003c\/i\u003e123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOngoing Struggles for Retail Worth \u003c\/i\u003e124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Orderings of JIT \u003c\/i\u003e125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Enacting Global Connections: The Making of World Market Agencies 131\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQualculating the Mango Tree 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndeterminate Framings of Worth \u003c\/i\u003e133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStruggling for the Agricola Oeconomicus \u003c\/i\u003e137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResponsibilizing\/Autonomizing Farmers 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStandardizing Market STAs \u003c\/i\u003e141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStandards and the Stubborn Social \u003c\/i\u003e147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eValue\/Power 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Markets, Materiality, and (Anti\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e]\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e)Political Encounters 153\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Hidden Conditions of Global Markets 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePowerful Valorimeters 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePricing, Returns, and Visible hands 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePower Relations as Relations of Accounting 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAccounting: Frontstage \u003c\/i\u003e165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAccounting: Backstage \u003c\/i\u003e166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Market Crises: When Things Fall Apart, or Won’t Come Together 174\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Model in Crisis 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMD2 Takes Over the Market, or How Goods Become Delegitimated \u003c\/i\u003e178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrading Down in Times of Crisis \u003c\/i\u003e183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCurrency and Capital Volatilities \u003c\/i\u003e183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen the Supply Base Disenrolls … \u003c\/i\u003e184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReassembling the Market Social? 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecalcitrant “Nature” and the Crisis of the Developmental Market 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Mis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e]\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e)calculating “Nature” and other Surprises: Mango Trees as Precarious Commodities \u003c\/i\u003e191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrisis Accounts \u003c\/i\u003e193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegrouping 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Corporate Calculus of the Crisis \u003c\/i\u003e197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFixing Yields: Contested Pathways of Qualification \u003c\/i\u003e198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Conclusion 205\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeyond Inclusion 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Market Modernity,” Alternatives, Critique 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeyond Agrifood: Profanizing Marketization 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReferences \u003c\/i\u003e215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex \u003c\/i\u003e232\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406897553751,"sku":"9781118632611","price":54.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/assembling-export-markets-9781118632611","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}