What Are Markets For?
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2026
Bristol University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5292-4417-5 (ISBN)
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A new perspective on the role of the market, and its future place in society.
Markets are apparently straightforward: they connect buyers to sellers. But their operation is complex, depending on places, things, networks and performances. Belief in markets is a cultural and political ideology. They are a means of governance in modern society, linked to individualistic self-responsibility.
But markets also have a darker side. Not everything should be for sale. Markets wield political power; they benefit those who already have resources; they impair collective action; they can be exploitative. As well as asking what markets are for, this book asks who they are for and what needs to change if they are to enable us to thrive in the 21st century.
Markets are apparently straightforward: they connect buyers to sellers. But their operation is complex, depending on places, things, networks and performances. Belief in markets is a cultural and political ideology. They are a means of governance in modern society, linked to individualistic self-responsibility.
But markets also have a darker side. Not everything should be for sale. Markets wield political power; they benefit those who already have resources; they impair collective action; they can be exploitative. As well as asking what markets are for, this book asks who they are for and what needs to change if they are to enable us to thrive in the 21st century.
Philip Roscoe is Professor in Management at the University of St Andrews. His research takes a sociological approach to markets and finance. A former journalist, he was one of the first BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Thinkers. His previous book, How to Build a Stock Exchange, was published by Bristol University Press in 2023.
1 Introduction
2 Markets are Networks
3 The End of History?
4 Meeting Santa and Making Markets
5 Markets and the Law
6 Histories of Accumulation
7 What Should not be for Sale?
8The Drama of Markets
9 Crisis and the End of an Era
10 Civilizing markets?
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.6.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | What Is It For? |
| Zusatzinfo | 11 Illustrations, black and white |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 127 x 203 mm |
| Themenwelt | Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Planung / Organisation | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5292-4417-X / 152924417X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5292-4417-5 / 9781529244175 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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