Journal ArticleDOI
The moral economy of grades and standards
Reads0
Chats0
TLDR
In this article, it is argued that grades and standards are part of the moral economy of the modern world, and that they both set norms for behavior and standardize (create uniformity).About:
This article is published in Journal of Rural Studies.The article was published on 2000-07-01. It has received 313 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Generally Accepted Auditing Standards & Standardization.read more
Citations
More filters
Exclusion of Farmers as a consequence of quality certification and standardisation
TL;DR: In this paper, a survey concerning Belgian farmers showed that 25% of the farmers are not involved in any initiative of quality improvement, and that the combination of these elements can be seen as a constraint to enter initiatives and as a probable danger to exclude the concerned farmers from the market.
Journal ArticleDOI
The Charity-Mongers of Modern Babylon: Bureaucracy, Scandal, and the Transformation of the Philanthropic Marketplace, c.1870–1912
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the role of fraud in the shaping of the Victorian charity marketplace and suggest that charities eagerly seized fraud denunciations to advertise and authenticate their legitimacy.
Moral economy: Claims for the common good
TL;DR: Moral economy is defined as a community centered response, arising from a sense of common g o d, reinforced by custom or tradition, to an unjus t appropriation or abuse of land, labor, human dignit y, atural resources, or material goods; moreover, it is the regular behaviors producing social arrangements that promote just relations between unequal person s or groups within a community to achieve long-term sustainability as mentioned in this paper.
Journal ArticleDOI
Self-Enhancement Driven First-Class Airline Travelers’ Behavior: The Moderating Role of Third-Party Certification
TL;DR: In this article, a study was designed with a focus on self-enhancement by flying in first class to understand the intricate associations in the formation of well-being, brand attachment, and word-of-mouth.
Dissertation
Regulating pesticide risk reduction: the practice and dynamics of legal pluralism
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the fact that synthetic pesticides may cause harm to the environment and human health during different stages of their life cycle, that in its simplest form consists of the stages of production, marketing, use, and residues.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present La Volonté de Savoir, the methodological introduction of a projected five-volume history of sexuality, which seems to have a special fascination for Foucault: the gradual emergence of medicine as an institution, the birth of political economy, demography and linguistics as human sciences, the invention of incarceration and confinement for the control of the "other" in society (the mad, the libertine, the criminal) and that special violence that lurks beneath the power to control discourse.
Book
We Have Never Been Modern
TL;DR: This article argued that we are modern as long as we split our political process in two - between politics proper, and science and technology, which allowed the formidable expansion of the Western empires.
Book
Science in action : how to follow scientists and engineers through society
TL;DR: In this article, the quandary of the fact-builder is explored in the context of science and technology in a laboratory setting, and the model of diffusion versus translation is discussed.
Book
Capitalism and Freedom
TL;DR: In the classic bestseller, Capitalism and Freedom, Friedman presents his view of the proper role of competitive capitalism as both a device for achieving economic freedom and a necessary condition for political freedom as mentioned in this paper.
Related Papers (5)
Quality standards, conventions and the governance of global value chains
Stefano Ponte,Peter Gibbon +1 more
Private agri-food standards: Implications for food policy and the agri-food system
Spencer Henson,Thomas Reardon +1 more