The Contested Moralities of Markets.

Intro -- Half Title Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- About the Contributors -- Chapter 1-Moral Struggles in and Around Markets -- Markets and Morality -- Research on Morality in and Around Markets -- Organization Studies -- Economic Sociology and Economic Anthropology -- The Sociology of Morality -- Moral Struggles in and Around Markets -- How Moral Orders are Contested and Sustained in Markets -- Moral Struggles Are Fought Over Different Objects -- Moral Struggles in Markets Occur in Relation to Two Broader Processes: Moralization and Market Expansion -- Moral Struggles Are Political Struggles -- Theoretical Approaches to Study the Contested Moralities of Markets -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter2-Contested Markets: Morality, Market Devices, and Vulnerable Populations -- Introduction -- Theory -- Contested Markets: Two Contrasting Examples -- Moral Objections -- Vulnerable Populations -- Market Devices -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3-Relational Work as a Market Device: An Analysis of the Contested "Voluntary" Carbon Offset Market -- Introduction -- Some Features of the Contested "Voluntary" Carbon Market -- Relational Work as a Market Device -- Recruiting the Client -- Controlling Clients' Communication with the Contract -- Attaching Clients in the Long Run: The Role of Emotions -- Discussion -- References -- Chapter 4-"This Market Changed my Life": Aspirations and Morality in Markets for Counterfeits -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Morality, Contestation, and Illegal Markets -- 3. Site and Methods -- 4. Emerging Aspirations and Moral Justifications -- Aspirations and Knowledge -- Shared Beliefs -- The Experience of the State -- 5. Conclusions -- References.

Chapter 5-The Moralization of Labor: Establishing the Social Responsibility of Employers for Disabled Workers -- Introduction -- Theoretical Framework -- Data and Methods -- Social Responsibility against "State Interventionism" -- Persistence and Transformation of the Vocabulary of Voluntary Responsibility -- Disability Insurance as Moral Entrepreneur -- The Contested Limits of Social Responsibility -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6-Playing the Double Game: How Ecopreneurs Cope with Opposing Field Logics in Moralized Markets -- Introduction -- One Organization, Multiple Logics: The Perspective of IL Approaches on Hybrid Organizations -- Capturing Opposing Logics: Bourdieusian Field Theory and Its Economies of the Social -- The Empirical Case: The German Market for Organic Dairies -- The Double Face of Ecopreneurship: Good Deeds and Maximization of Profit -- Playing the Double Game: The Contested Distribution via Discount Stores -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7-Ethical Banks between Moral Self-commitment and Economic Expansion -- The Development of the Ethical-Banking Business -- Market Moralities -- Data and Methods -- Institutional Guidelines, Clients, and Criticisms of Ethical Banking -- Justifications and Conflicts in Ethical Banking -- Conclusion: The Ethical-Banking Paradox -- References -- Chapter8-Protest Rhetoric's Appeal: How Brands as Moral Entrepreneurs Recruit the Media into Moral Struggles -- Brands as Moral Entrepreneurs -- Protest Rhetoric -- Protest Mediation -- The Moral Struggle between Waldviertler and the FMA -- Media Recruitment into Moral Struggles -- Reversing Moral Standards -- Embodying a Rebel Ethos -- Cultivating Moral Indignation -- Protestainment as Branding Strategy -- References -- Chapter 9-Activists as Moral Entrepreneurs: How Shareholder Activists Brought Active Ownership To Switzerland.

Introduction -- Case Findings -- Stage 2: Mobilize Core Allies -- Stage 3: Mobilize Distant Allies -- Stage 4 - Make Inroads Among Individual Firms -- Stage 5 - Spread Moral Concern Across the Entire Economy -- Discussion -- References -- Chapter 10-Contesting the Digital Economy: Struggles Over Uber in Poland -- Introduction -- The Legality and Legitimacy of Digital Platforms -- Arenas of Contestation -- Research and Fieldwork -- Contestation on the Streets and in Public Opinion -- Contestation in the Political Field -- Contestation in Court -- Trials as Political and Moral Events -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11-Reflections -- Moral Struggle -- Future Work on Moral Markets -- References -- Index.

Highlighting the sources, processes and outcomes of moral struggles in and around markets, this volume advances our current understanding of markets and their contested moralities.

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