{"product_id":"the-market-hardback-9780745632223","title":"The Market (Hardback) 9780745632223","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Market\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlan Aldridge (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745632223, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 3 August 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e196 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.4 x 14.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.327 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Aldridge writes with remarkable clairty and insight, surveying the rise of sociological ideas on marketisation, charting the political history of markets and analysing various responses across the social sciences ... [His] work is certainly likely to be widely read by students in economic sociology, political economy and social theory.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eProfessor Anthony Elliot, Department of Sociology, Kent University.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘\u003c\/i\u003eClearly written and very readable, Aldridge’s surveys a range of debates on the rise of the market, its advocates and critics, successes and failures, market ideologies and social values, globalization and the \"marketization\" of public life. The discussion is admirable in being both even-handed and critically sharp. Concepts and arguments are always clearly explained, and theoretical accounts are brought to life with numerous relevant examples.’ – \u003ci\u003eDr Fran Tonkiss, Department of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Alan Aldridge has written a thoughtful book on the market and how it structures social activity. Amongst other things, his work rescues Adam Smith for Sociology and delinks him from those cruder rational choice theorists who have hijacked this complex thinker. The book will prove a useful teaching aid for any course examining the nature of markets and theories about them. Between this and his book on consumption, Aldridge is proving to be an insightful commentator on the issues of our time.’ – \u003ci\u003eProfessor Gerard Hanlon, The Management Centre, University of Leicester.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Market\u003c\/i\u003e addresses one of the most controversial answers to the question, ‘how is social order possible?’ Ever since Adam Smith conceived the idea of an ‘invisible hand’, advocates of the market have argued that social cohesion, material prosperity and political vitality are best achieved not by central control and planning but by laissez-faire – the policy of non-intervention.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this book, Alan Aldridge guides readers through the complex interplay between analysis, description and ideology that characterizes social theorizing on the market. A distinctive feature of \u003ci\u003eThe Market\u003c\/i\u003e is its emphasis on the role of culture in shaping the social reality of markets as perceived and experienced by people participating in them.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIdeologies examined include:\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMarket fundamentalism – the conviction that free markets are universally beneficial\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMarket populism – the assertion that the free market reflects the democratic will of the people\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEconomic ‘man’ – the notion that the main motive of our actions is to maximize our personal advantage\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGlobalism – the claim by neo-liberals that the global expansion of markets is irresistible, making political action irrelevant\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Market\u003c\/i\u003e will be essential reading for students and researchers interested in the sociology of economic life, economic sociology and political economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. The rise of the market.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElements of market society.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe invisible hand: social co-ordination without a co-ordinator.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFreedom, liberalism and the market.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristian, civic republican and Marxian responses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe market as utopia and dystopia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe expansion of the market.\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Capitalism and the free market: success and failure.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarket populism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe efficient market.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarket fundamentalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublic choice theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRational choice and instrumental rationality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarket failure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDenying market failure: in defence of monopoly.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarket-based solutions: protecting the environment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs and ought: the market as ideology.\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. The social reality of markets.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe problem of social order.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA question of trust.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmbeddedness, trust - and fraud.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbandoned markets, abandoned consumers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHuman beings as rational actors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFreedom and autonomy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoney and monies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrimitive and modern economies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 'problem' of culture.\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Colonization, compromise and resistance.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeck's critique of globalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe globalization of nothing? Market socialism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Third Way.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn defence of practices Promotional culture: the case of universities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe market experience.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52406614491416,"sku":"9780745632223","price":42.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745632223.jpg?v=1784140818","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-market-hardback-9780745632223","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}