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The Sociological Review Monographs 55/2 SOM

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Zusammenfassung

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.

The Sociological Review Monographs 55/2 Zusammenfassung

The Sociological Review Monographs 55/2: Market Devices SOM

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 performative aspects of knowledge and expertise needed in adjusting and calibrating marketing devices Includes original empirical material from the emerging intersection between economic sociology and science and technology studies

Über SOM

Michel Callon is Professor at the Ecole des Mines de Paris, and a researcher at the Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation. Together with Bruno Latour and John Law he was one of the early developers of actor-network theory. He works on the anthropology of markets and the study of technical democracy, and is completing research on French patients' organizations with Vololona Rabeharisoa. His recent books include Le pouvoir des malades (Presse de l'Ecole des Mines, 1999, with V. Rabeharisoa) and Agir dans un monde incertain (Seuil, 2001, with P. Lascoumes and Y. Barthe). In 2002, the Society for Social Studies of Science awarded him the Bernal Prize.


Yuval Millo is lecturer in the Department of Accounting at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Having background in the sociology of science and economic sociology, Yuval Millo applies qualitative approaches combined with social networks analysis in the study of financial risk management and corporate governance. Among his latest publications are `Negotiating a Market, Performing Theory: The Historical Sociology of a Financial Derivatives Exchange' (American Journal of Sociology, 2003, with Donald MacKenzie), `From Risks to Second-order Dangers in Financial Markets: Unintended Consequences of Risk Management Systems' (New Political Economy, 2005, with Boris Holzer), and `Regulatory Experiments: Genetically Modified Crops and Financial Derivatives on Trial' (Science and Public Policy, 2006, with J. Lezaun).


Fabian Muniesa is a researcher at the Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation, within the Ecole des Mines de Paris. His work primarily aims at analysing the role of technical instruments in the shaping of markets and at contributing to an empirical, pragmatist approach to the study of calculation. He is the author of several articles and book chapters on the social studies of finance. His main research topics in this area are trading technologies and the automation of financial markets. He is also the co-editor (with D. MacKenzie and L. Siu) of Do Economists Make Markets? On the Performativity of Economics (Princeton University Press, 2007). His current research interests include economic experiments, public management and the sociology of architecture.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. An Introduction to Market Devices: Fabian Muniesa, Yuval Millo and Michel Callon.

2. Calculators, Lemmings or Frame-makers? The Intermediary Role of Securities Analysts: Daniel Beunza and Raghu Garud.

3. Where Do Analysts Come From? The Case of Financial Chartism: Alex Preda.

4. The Death of a Salesman? Reconfiguring Economic Exchange in Swedish Post-war Food Distribution: Hans Kjellberg.

5. Struggling to Be Displayed at the Point of Purchase: The Emergence of Merchandising in French Supermarkets: Sandrine Barrey.

6. A Sociology of Market-things: On Tending the Garden of Choices in Mass Retailing: Franck Cochoy.

7. A Market of Opinions: The Political Epistemology of Focus Groups: Javier Lezaun.

8. Performance Testing: Dissection of a Consumerist Experiment: Alexandre Mallard.

9. Framing Fish, Making Markets: The Construction of Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs): Petter Holm and Kare Nolde Nielsen.

10. Making Things Deliverable: The Origins of Index-based Derivatives: Yuval Millo.

11. The Q(u)ALYfying Hand: Health Economics and Medicine in the Shaping of Swedish Mmarkets for Subsidized Pharmaceuticals: Ebba Sjoegren and Claes-Fredrik Helgesson.

12. Price as a Market Device: Cotton Trading in Izmir Mercantile Exchange: Koray Caliskan.

13. Parasitic Formulae: The Case of Capital Guarantee Products: Vincent-Antonin Lepinay.

14. Scorecards as Devices for Consumer Credit: The Case of Fair, Isaac & Company Incorporated: Martha Poon.

Notes on Contributors.

Index

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GOR006127176
9781405170284
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The Sociological Review Monographs 55/2: Market Devices SOM
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