Values in Exchange: Ambiguous Ownership, Collective Action, and Changing Notions of Worth in Romanian Mutual Fund Industry [PDF]
, 2008 This paper analyzes the political disputes and legal contentions occasioned by the process of regulatory reform undergone by Romanian mutual fund industry.
Tulbure, Narcis
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Towards a Critical Understanding of Music, Emotion and Self-Identity [PDF]
, 2008 The article begins by outlining a dominant conception of these relations in sociologically informed analysis of music, which sees music primarily as a positive resource for active self-making.
Born Georgina +23 more
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Moral Concerns about Food Products and Production Methods among Consumers of Organic Foods: A Report of Some Preliminary Results from an On-Going Qualitative Study [PDF]
, 2004 The paper presents information regarding the research design and part of the theoretical framework employed in a qualitative analysis of data collected by means of focus groups undertaken among 3 sub-groups og consumers.
O'Doherty Jensen, Katherine
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Gordon Brown's misplaced Smithian appeal : the eclipse of sympathy in changing British welfare norms [PDF]
, 2009 Gordon Brown has eagerly lauded his fellow Kirkcaldy citizen, Adam Smith, as his main policy inspiration. This article tests the rigour of such a claim by matching Brown's promotion of Smithian ‘sympathy’ as the centrepiece of his programme for ...
Braudel +14 more
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The connexionnist nature of modern financial markets. Challenges and possible outcomes [PDF]
The recent financial crisis has triggered radical criticism against financial markets. In this paper, we propose to analyse this criticism in the perspective drawn by Boltanski and Thevenot (1991/2006) around the notion of justification.
Hélène Rainelli-Le Montagner +1 more
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(Im)possibilities of Autonomy: Social Movements In and Beyond Capital, the State and Development [PDF]
, 2008 Recently, we have witnessed the emergence of what appears to be a new set of claims in contemporary social movements based around the idea of autonomy. In this paper we interrogate this demand for autonomy.
Boehm, Steffen +2 more
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Research on mediated suffering within social sciences: expert views on identifying a disciplinary home and research agenda [PDF]
, 2013 An emerging field of research within social sciences concerns itself with the issue of suffering. Following its growing (mediated) societal prevalence and impact in recent years, suffering has already spurred a rich and diverse body of work.
Joye, Stijn
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Rupture critique ou partage du sensible, dévoilement ou suspension de la réalité ?
Sociologies, 2016 Luc Boltanski and Jacques Ranciere : these both authors aspire to built a genera critical theory, but according to different procedures. Despite an initial difference in the way they look at the word: one (Rancière) through the esthetical experience, the
Nicolas Auray, Sylvaine Bulle
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A market for weather risk ? Worlds in conflict and compromising. [PDF]
In this paper we study the development of the market for weather derivatives in Europe. We show that weather derivatives conceived as financial products by their promoters have difficulties finding end-users.
Huault, Isabelle, Rainelli, Hélène
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El empresario : reflexiones sobre la función empresarial en la sociedad
Turismo y Patrimonio, 2000 Este artículo explora el contenido de la figura del empresario dentro del contexto de la sociedad contemporánea. Lo que nos obliga a encontrar los recu rsos metodológicos que nos permitan definirla e instrumentalizarla. Boltanski me servirá de muleta. Al
Henrique Oswaldo Urbano de Carvalho
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