A set of novel contributions exploring the sociology of 'market devices' - the analysis of the various sorts of technical instruments that intervene in the shaping and reshaping of markets.
Explores how market devices are set to configure economic calculative capacities and observes the part they play in the marketability of goods and services
Includes a wide array of objects that have been often overlooked in sociological analysis from pricing models to merchandising tools, from trading protocols to aggregate indicators
Analyses the...
A set of novel contributions exploring the sociology of 'market devices' - the analysis of the various sorts of technical instruments that intervene i...
With the collapse of the planned economies of Eastern Europe, the market is extending its reach and at the same time claiming its universal applicability.
With the collapse of the planned economies of Eastern Europe, the market is extending its reach and at the same time claiming its universal applicabil...
The technologies, markets, and administrations of today's knowledge society are in crisis. We face recurring disasters in every domain: climate change, energy shortages, economic meltdown. The system is broken, despite everything the technocrats claim to know about science, technology, and economics. These problems are exacerbated by the fact that today powerful technologies have unforeseen effects that disrupt everyday life; the new masters of technology are not restrained by the lessons of experience, and accelerate change to the point where society is in constant turmoil. In Between...
The technologies, markets, and administrations of today's knowledge society are in crisis. We face recurring disasters in every domain: climate cha...
