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Constructing quality : the classification of goods in markets /
This text explores how value and quality are established in markets and society by means of a series of empirical studies across a diverse set of topics. It contributes to the sociology of markets, as well as connecting to the larger issue of the constitution of social order through classification.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; 1. Introduction; Part I: Investing in Quality; 2. Realizing Dreams, Proving Thrift: How Product Demonstrations Qualify Financial Objects and Subjects; 3. Quality and Temporality in Timber Markets; 4. A Good Match: Appraising Worth and Estimating Quality in School Choice; Part II: The Quality of Labor; 5. Uncertainties Regarding Applicant Quality: The Anonymous Resume Put to the Test
- 6. Evaluation Practices in Internal Labor Markets: Constructing Engineering Managers' Qualification in French and German Automotive FirmsPart III: The Quality of Aesthetic Goods; 7. Account of the Past: Mechanisms of Quality Construction in the Market for Antiques; 8. Seeing the World through Common Lenses? The Case of French Contemporary Poetry; Part IV: The Morality of Quality; 9. Halal and the Moral Construction of Quality: How Religious Norms Turn a Mass Product into a Singularity; 10. Qualification under Moral Constraints: The Funeral Purchase as a Problem of Valuation
- Part V: Consuming Quality11. From Qualities to Value: Demand Shaping and Market Control in Mass Consumption Markets; 12. Fake Qualities: Assessing the Value of Counterfeit Goods; 13. Quality Classifications in Competition: Price Formation in the German Wine Market; Postscript; 14. Vigorous Verbs: Conveying the Action of People Producing Qualities; Name Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W