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The moral economy of grades and standards
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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
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Certifying the public image? Reputational gains of certification in Norwegian salmon aquaculture
TL;DR: The findings suggest that those actually reaping the potential reputational gains of ASC certification are the non-governmental organizations behind the creation of the ASC and the retailers that demand ASC-certified salmon.
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The Importance of Governance Levels in Alternative Food Networks: The Case of Red Meat Inspection Rules
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the implications of different levels of governmental governance for the number of red meat slaughter establishments in the United States, and make a case for disaggregating governance tiers.
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Doing But Not Knowing: How Apple Farmers Comply With Standards In China
TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors surveyed a total of 355 apple farmers, involved in chains supplying a diversity of retailing points, including supermarkets, and found no measurable evidence that the certification schemes of farm bases and agribusiness companies lead to improved apple growers knowledge regarding pest and disease management.
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Les Systèmes participatifs de garantie : une alternative à la certification par organismes tiers ?
Patrick Mundler,Stéphane Bellon +1 more
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Pathways to 'fair carbon' : assessing fairness in standard-setting and carbon projects
TL;DR: In this article, the Fairtrade Climate Standard for carbon credits in smallholder and rural settings in the global South has been examined using an action-oriented case study approach, and the authors explore Fairtrade International's attempts to collaboratively develop the fair trade Climate Standard and examine its relevance within carbon programs in Kenya.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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