Constructing quality : the classification of goods in markets / Jens Berkert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beckert, Jens, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quality of products.

Marketing.

Pricing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (355 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text explores how value and quality are established in markets and society by means of a series of empirical studies across a diverse set of topics. It contributes to the sociology of markets, as well as connecting to the larger issue of the constitution of social order through classification.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; 1. Introduction; Part I: Investing in Quality; 2. Realizing Dreams, Proving Thrift: How Product Demonstrations Qualify Financial Objects and Subjects; 3. Quality and Temporality in Timber Markets; 4. A Good Match: Appraising Worth and Estimating Quality in School Choice; Part II: The Quality of Labor; 5. Uncertainties Regarding Applicant Quality: The Anonymous Resume Put to the Test

6. Evaluation Practices in Internal Labor Markets: Constructing Engineering Managers' Qualification in French and German Automotive FirmsPart III: The Quality of Aesthetic Goods; 7. Account of the Past: Mechanisms of Quality Construction in the Market for Antiques; 8. Seeing the World through Common Lenses? The Case of French Contemporary Poetry; Part IV: The Morality of Quality; 9. Halal and the Moral Construction of Quality: How Religious Norms Turn a Mass Product into a Singularity; 10. Qualification under Moral Constraints: The Funeral Purchase as a Problem of Valuation

Part V: Consuming Quality11. From Qualities to Value: Demand Shaping and Market Control in Mass Consumption Markets; 12. Fake Qualities: Assessing the Value of Counterfeit Goods; 13. Quality Classifications in Competition: Price Formation in the German Wine Market; Postscript; 14. Vigorous Verbs: Conveying the Action of People Producing Qualities; Name Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 24, 2013).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-967757-3

0-19-166526-6

OCLC:

866592421