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Leaving Commonplaces on the Common Place: Cornerstones of a Polyphonic Market Theory
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Abstract Markets are considered economic phenomena, which is said to be true even if markets are considered social structures, cultural fields, or simply politics, at the same time. Against this background, the present paper argues for a polyphonic market concept. Unlike the popular economy-biased notion of ... view more
Markets are considered economic phenomena, which is said to be true even if markets are considered social structures, cultural fields, or simply politics, at the same time. Against this background, the present paper argues for a polyphonic market concept. Unlike the popular economy-biased notion of markets, such a concept allows for the analysis of markets in eras and areas where functional differentiation did or does not exist or play a major role. Furthermore, it turns the idea of the ultimately economic nature of markets from an axiom to a research question. In doing so, it breaks ground for research in major trends in functional differentiation and in the preferences for particular function systems featured by concrete groups, milieus or organizations.... view less
Keywords
social differentiation; theoretical economics; economic sociology; market; market segmentation; functional differentiation
Classification
National Economy
Sociology of Economics
Free Keywords
New economic sociology
Document language
English
Publication Year
2012
Journal
Tamara : Journal for Critical Organization Inquiry, 10 (2012) 3
ISSN
1532-5555
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works