by Fabian Muniesa (Editor), Michel Callon (Editor), YuvalMillo (Editor)
A set of novel contributions exploring the sociology of 'market devices' - the analysis of the various sorts of technical instruments that intervene in the shaping and reshaping of markets. * Explores how market devices are set to configure economic calculative capacities and observes the part they play in the marketability of goods and services * Includes a wide array of objects that have been often overlooked in sociological analysis from pricing models to merchandising tools, from trading protocols to aggregate indicators * Analyses the performative aspects of knowledge and expertise needed in adjusting and calibrating marketing devices * Includes original empirical material from the emerging intersection between economic sociology and science and technology studies
Format: Paperback
Pages: 324
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 17 Sep 2007
ISBN 10: 140517028X
ISBN 13: 9781405170284