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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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Fairtrade, place and moral economy: Between abstract ethical discourse and the moral experience of Northern Cape farmers
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the significance of the relationships and disjunctures between the global moral discourses of Fairtrade that are articulated through ethics of fairness in supply chains and the...
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Europäisierung von Interessenvertretung
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors untersuch die europaischen Einfluss- und Mitgliederlogiken der Lobby-Gruppen in qualitativer und quantitativ Hinsicht u.a. anhand von Datenbanken und dem europa-ischen Transparenzregister.
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The geography of organic food: confronting complexity at local and global scales
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluate the interaction between producers, consumers and main organic standards, as drivers of the organic food geography at local and global scales, using organic certification as the underpinning theme.
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In the long run, will we be fed?
TL;DR: The authors argue that both aspects of agri-food theorizing share similar political intent and are positioned within the same wider political project of agrifood critique, therefore, despite theoretical fracture, there is a unity of political intention that continues to bind together this particular field of research and practice.
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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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