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Book SynopsisMoral struggles in and around markets abound in contemporary societies where markets have become the dominant form of economic coordination. The present volume advances our current understanding of markets by highlighting the sources, processes and outcomes of moral struggles in and around markets. It traces the creation, reproduction and change of underlying moral orders and reveals the role of status and power differentials, alliances and political strategies as well as the general cultural, social and political contexts in which the struggles unfold. The contributions to this volume reflect the ‘moral turn’ that can currently be observed in organization studies and economic sociology, and connect to recent developments in the sociology of morality.
Trade ReviewTo highlight the sources, processes, and outcomes of moral struggles in and around markets, sociologists present empirical studies on struggles around morally contested markets, coping with moral struggles in moral(ized) markets, and moral entrepreneurship and moral struggles in the market field. Among their topics are contested markets: morality, market devices, and vulnerable populations; relational work as a market device: an analysis of the contested "voluntary" carbon offset market; the moralization of labor: establishing the social responsibility of employers for disabled workers; protest rhetoric's appeal: how brands as moral entrepreneurs recruit the media into moral struggles; and contesting the digital economy: struggles over Uber in Poland. -- Copyright 2019 * Portland, OR *
Table of ContentsPart I. Introduction Chapter 1. Moral Struggles in and Around Markets;
Simone Schiller-Merkens and Philip Balsiger Part II. Empirical
Struggles Around Morally Contested Markets Chapter 2. Contested Markets: Morality, Market Devices and Vulnerable Population;
Philippe Steiner and Marie Trespeuch Chapter 3. Relational Work as a Market Device: An Analysis of the Contested "Voluntary" Carbon Offset Market;
Alice Valiergue Chapter 4. "This Market Changed My Life": Aspirations and Morality in Markets for Counterfeits;
Matías Dewey Coping with Moral Struggles in Moral(ized) Markets Chapter 5. The Moralization of Labor: Establishing the Social Responsibility of Employers for Disabled Workers;
Eva Nadai and Alan Canonica Chapter 6. Playing the Double Game: How Ecopreneurs Cope with Opposing Field Logics in Moralized Markets;
Lisa Suckert Chapter 7. Ethical Banks Between Moral Self-Commitment and Economic Expansion;
Sarah Lenz and Sighard Neckel Moral Entrepreneurship and Moral Struggles in the Market Field Chapter 8. Protest Rhetoric's Appeal: How Brands as Moral Entrepreneurs Recruit the Media into Moral Struggles;
Verena E. Wieser, Andrea Hemetsberger, and Marius K. Luedicke Chapter 9. Activists as Moral Entrepreneurs: How Shareholder Activists Brought Active Ownership to Switzerland;
Daniel Waeger and Sébastien Mena Chapter 10. Contesting the Digital Economy: Struggles over Uber in Poland;
Marcin Serafin Part III. Chapter 11. Reflections;
Patrik Aspers
