Defining institutions: taking history seriously [PDF]
, 2015 This paper suggests an alternative list of institutions to that commonly encountered in the literature on institutional logics. This is done as a response to calls for greater clarity about basic terms.
Mutch, A
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Human rights and ethical reasoning : capabilities, conventions and spheres of public action [PDF]
, 2012 This interdisciplinary article argues that human rights must be understood in terms of opportunities for social participation and that social and economic rights are integral to any discussion of the subject.
Bessy C +18 more
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Orders of Hunger and Heaven: Neoliberalism, Christian Charity and Homelessness in Taiwan
Religions, 2021 Based on an ethnographic study of a Christian charity in Taipei, Taiwan, this paper examines how the mixing of “orders of worth” (Boltanski and Thevenot) is negotiated among charity workers and homeless people in the field setting.
Scott R. Beck
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Healthy food is nutritious, but organic food is healthy because it is pure: The negotiation of healthy food choices by Danish consumers of organic food. [PDF]
, 2019 There is increasing demand for organic food products throughout the Western world. Health concerns have frequently been found to be the main motivation of consumers purchasing organic products, but the literature on consumer preferences and behavior is ...
Ditlevsen, Kia +2 more
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Grappling with the Economy of Enrichment
Valuation Studies, 2015 In a conversation with Fabian Muniesa from the board of editors of Valuation Studies, Luc Boltanski and Arnaud Esquerre unravelled a few of the distinguishing features of their new work on the sociology of valuation.
Luc Boltanski, Arnaud Esquerre
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Marketing and compromising for sustainability : Competing orders of worth in the North Atlantic [PDF]
, 2016 Earlier versions were presented at the workshop on Anthropology of Markets and Consumption, University of California Irvine (March 2013) and at the Strategic Management Society’s conference in Glasgow (June 2013). We are grateful to participants at those
Finch, John H +2 more
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Neoliberalism and the Contradictions of Freedom: Ideology, Subjectivity, and Critical Pedagogy [PDF]
, 2015 The idea of freedom is a central figure in the ideology of neoliberalism. In the contemporary context, neoliberals argue that rolling back regulations and the marketization of social life create more choices and thus more freedom.
De Lissovoy, Noah
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SocietàMutamentoPolitica: Rivista Italiana di Sociologia, 2021 In contemporary sociological theory, the work of Boltanski and his research group is viewed as central, for at least two reasons: its contribution to reopening debate in critical social theory and renewing the European sociological tradition.
Lidia Lo Schiavo
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Book Review: Paul Michael Garrett, Social work and social theory: Making connections. The Policy Press: Bristol, 2013, ISBN 9781847429605 [PDF]
, 2014 It is important to state at the outset that I enjoyed this book, or at least large sections of it, but I also found it rather frustrating. The book is made up of 11 chapters and following an introductory chapter, is split into two parts.
Parton, Nigel
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, 2020 Luс Boltanski visited Russia in September, 2019, to support the publication of the Russian translation of his book Mysteries and Conspiracies: Detective Stories, Spy Novels and the Making of Modern Societies.
Luc Boltanski, Oleg Kharkhordin
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