The Contested Moralities of Markets: 63 (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 63) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 1787691209 ISBN 13: 9781787691209

Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019

Synopsis

Moral struggles in and around markets abound in contemporary societies where marketshave become the dominant form of economic coordination. The present volumeadvances our current understanding of markets by highlighting the sources,processes and outcomes of moral struggles in and around markets. It traces thecreation, reproduction and change of underlying moral orders and reveals therole of status and power differentials, alliances and political strategies aswell as the general cultural, social and political contexts in which thestruggles unfold. The contributions to this volume reflect the ‘moral turn’ thatcan currently be observed in organization studies and economic sociology, andconnect to recent developments in the sociology of morality.

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About the Authors

Simone Schiller-Merkens is a Senior Research Associate at the Faculty ofManagement and Economics at Witten/Herdecke University, Germany. Inher research, she draws on organization studies, social movement theory and economicsociology to study the formation and change of market categories and fields atthe intersection of economic and non-economic spheres. Her research hasappeared in journals such as the Scandinavian Journal of Management, HistoricalSocial Research, and Schmalenbach Business Review.

Philip Balsigeris an Assistant Professor of Economic Sociology at the University of Neuchâtel,Switzerland. His work analyzes the moral embeddedness of contemporary markets,including the struggles around the institutional and cultural order of markets,the emergence of moral categories in markets, and ethical consumption. He isthe author of The Fight for Ethical Fashion (2016) and has published papers in journals such as European Journal of Sociology, Business & Society, and Journal of Consumer Culture.

Simone Schiller-Merkens is a Senior Research Associate at the Faculty ofManagement and Economics at Witten/Herdecke University, Germany. Inher research, she draws on organization studies, social movement theory and economicsociology to study the formation and change of market categories and fields atthe intersection of economic and non-economic spheres. Her research hasappeared in journals such as the Scandinavian Journal of Management, HistoricalSocial Research, and Schmalenbach Business Review.

Philip Balsigeris an Assistant Professor of Economic Sociology at the University of Neuchâtel,Switzerland. His work analyzes the moral embeddedness of contemporary markets,including the struggles around the institutional and cultural order of markets,the emergence of moral categories in markets, and ethical consumption. He isthe author of The Fight for Ethical Fashion (2016) and has published papers in journals such as European Journal of Sociology, Business & Society, and Journal of Consumer Culture.

Edition details

• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1787691209
• ISBN 13: 9781787691209
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 218
• Editor: Schiller-Merkens Simone, Balsiger Philip