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Book SynopsisThe insightful chapters collected here show that markets are a matter of concern because they can be spaces for making concerns matter.'
- David Stark, Columbia University, US and author of
The Sense of Dissonance: Accounts of Worth in Economic Life'Do those impersonal allocation mechanisms that we call markets even exist as such? Or should we drop this questionable euphemism if what we want is to address the political struggles and bureaucratic processes that control economic life? Readers interested in a measured approach to the subject matter will find a set of clues here. By considering markets as nodes of concerns, the works assembled in this volume guide us along a subtle path.'
- Fabian Muniesa, Ecole des Mines de Paris, France
Concerned Markets tackles the intersection between markets and politics, investigating the very current issue of designing markets to include multiple values.
When political, social, technological and economic interests, values, and perspectives interact, market order and performance become contentious issues of debate. Such 'hot' situations are becoming increasingly common and make for rich sites of research. With expert empirical contributions investigating the organization of such 'concerned' markets, this book is positioned at the centre of the rapidly growing area of interdisciplinary market studies. Markets investigated include those for palm oil, primary health care and functional foods. The authors also examine markets and environmental concerns as well as better market design for those at the bottom of the pyramid.
Scholars, postgraduate and PhD level students in finance, economic sociology, marketing, organization theory and economics will find this book essential reading. Policymakers and practitioners will benefit from the fresh insight into the design and maintenance of market systems.
Contributors include: L. Araujo, F. Azimont, R. Chakrabarti, F. Cochoy, S. D'Antone, G. Dix, S. Geiger, D. Harrison, J. Hauber, L. Johansson, H. Kjellberg, A. Mallard, K. Mason, W.I. Onyas, C. Ruppert-Winkel, A. Ryan, R. Spencer, I. Stigzelius
Trade Review'Do those impersonal allocation mechanisms that we call markets even exist as such? Or should we drop this questionable euphemism if what we want is to address the political struggles and bureaucratic processes that control economic life? Readers interested in a measured approach to the subject matter will find a set of clues here. By considering markets as nodes of concerns, the works assembled in this volume guide us along a subtle path.' - Fabian Muniesa, Ecole des Mines de Paris, France 'The insightful essays collected here show that markets are a matter of concern because they can be spaces for making concerns matter.' --- David Stark, Columbia University, US and author of The Sense of Dissonance: Accounts of Worth in Economic Life
Table of ContentsContents: 1. Being Concerned about Markets Susi Geiger, Debbie Harrison, Hans Kjellberg and Alexandre Mallard 2. Expressing Concerns over the Incentive as a Public Policy Device Guus Dix 3. Marketization by the (Rule)book: Concern for Market and Public Values in Primary Care Linus Johansson Krafve 4. Concerns and Marketization: The Case of Sustainable Palm Oil Simona D’Antone and Robert Spencer 5. Engaging Diverging Interests Through Pricing: The Case of Maize for Bioenergy Production in Germany Jürgen Hauber and Chantal Ruppert-Winkel 6. Credible Qualifications: The Case of Functional Foods Frank Azimont and Luis Araujo 7. Designing Better Markets for People at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Bottom-up Market Design Ronika Chakrabarti and Katy Mason 8. Articulating Matters of Concern in Markets: (En)tangling Goods, Market Agencies and Overflows Winfred Ikiring Onyas and Annmarie Ryan 9. Doing Green: Environmental Concerns and the Realization of Green Values in Everyday Food Practices Hans Kjellberg and Ingrid Stigzelius 10. Concerned Markets: Facing the Future, Beyond ‘Interested’ and ‘Contested’ Markets Franck Cochoy Index
