The MarketPolity, 2005 M09 23 - 167 páginas The Market addresses one of the most controversial answers to the question, ‘how is social order possible?’ Ever since Adam Smith conceived the idea of an ‘invisible hand’, advocates of the market have argued that social cohesion, material prosperity and political vitality are best achieved not by central control and planning but by laissez-faire – the policy of non-intervention.
In this book, Alan Aldridge guides readers through the complex interplay between analysis, description and ideology that characterizes social theorizing on the market. A distinctive feature of The Market is its emphasis on the role of culture in shaping the social reality of markets as perceived and experienced by people participating in them.
Ideologies examined include:
The Market will be essential reading for students and researchers interested in the sociology of economic life, economic sociology and political economy. |
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... Liberalism and the Market 18 Christian , Civic Republican and Marxian Responses 24 The Market as Utopia or Dystopia 31 The Expansion of the Market 37 2 Capitalism and the Free Market : Success and Failure 40 Market Populism 40 The ...
... Liberalism and the Market 18 Christian , Civic Republican and Marxian Responses 24 The Market as Utopia or Dystopia 31 The Expansion of the Market 37 2 Capitalism and the Free Market : Success and Failure 40 Market Populism 40 The ...
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The Expansion of the Market | 37 |
Public Choice Theory | 56 |
Market Failure | 66 |
In Defence of Monopoly | 72 |
The Market as Ideology | 78 |
The Social Reality of Markets | 81 |
Colonization Compromise and Resistance | 129 |
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