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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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Sorting Things Out: Classification and Its Consequences
TL;DR: In Sorting Things Out, Bowker and Star as mentioned in this paper explore the role of categories and standards in shaping the modern world and examine how categories are made and kept invisible, and how people can change this invisibility when necessary.
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Theory of business enterprise
TL;DR: Veblen's analysis of the U.S. economy has been claimed and rejected both by sociologists and economists as being one of theirs as mentioned in this paper, but it has enduring value today.
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Quality standards, conventions and the governance of global value chains
Stefano Ponte,Peter Gibbon +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, it is argued that global value chains are becoming increasingly "buyer-driven" even though they are characterized by "hands-off" forms of co-ordination between "lead firms" and their immediate suppliers.
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The Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844
TL;DR: The central unifying theme in the Manuscripts is the alienation of labour under capitalist conditions of private ownership and its transcendence and abolition under communism as discussed by the authors, which is the genuine resolution of the conflict between man and nature.
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A World of Standards but not a Standard World: Toward a Sociology of Standards and Standardization *
TL;DR: Reviewing the relevance of standards and standardization in diverse theoretical traditions and sociological subfields, it is called for careful empirical analysis of the specific and unintended consequences of different sorts of standards operating in distinct social domains.
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Plants, Power, and Profit: Social, Economic and Ethical Consequences of the New Biotechnologies
TL;DR: In this paper, emerging trends and issues in biotechnology perspectives on science and society from plant breeding to biotechnology the political biology of wheat tomatoes, the making of a world crop new forms of culture, the international scope of biotechnology second nature, the demand for accountability policy matters.
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A history of food
TL;DR: A history of food writer's guide to how to pick the book in various file kinds as well as media, which can be excellent resource for reading.
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A history of food
TL;DR: Fussell as discussed by the authors presents a history of gathering and gathering in the Middle Ages and the development of the first domestic animals, including wheat, barley, corn, and watermelons.
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Food and Agrarian Orders in the World-Economy
TL;DR: Agrarian and Food Relations in the World Economy Food in world-historical perspective Food and its relationship to concepts of power by Sidney Mintz Food Politics: New Dangers, New Possibilities by Harriet Friedmann Durable Food Production and Consumption in the world economy by Susan J. Thompson and J. Tadlock Cowan Agriculture in World-Historical Perspective Historical Transformations in Agrarian Systems Based on Wet-Rice Cultivation: Toward an Alternative Model of Social Change by Ravi Arvinda Palat Fatal Conjuncture: The Decline and Fall of
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