Labelling the Economy : Qualities and Values in Contemporary Markets /: Qualities and Values in Contemporary Markets. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Brice Laurent, Alexandre Mallard.
• Editors: Laurent, Brice; Mallard, Alexandre
• Contents: 1. Introduction Labels in economic and political life: Studying labelling in contemporary markets.- 2. Contested Terrain: The Ongoing Struggles over Food Labels, Standards and Standards for Labels.- 3. Labelling agroecology: A study of valuation processes in developing countries.- 4. Energy and sustainability labels in the commercial office market in the UK.- 5. The Role of Standards and Exemplars in Consolidating Labels for Sustainable Construction.- 6. The sign, beyond the signal. How the State, small businesses and a frog participated in labelling in the home retrofit market.- 7. Governing by labels? Not that simple. The cases of environmental and nutritional policies in France.- 8. A European market for green certificates? The failed disentanglement of immaterial labels from the materiality of electricity.- 9. The Tower of Labels. Labeling goods in the US Grocery Store (1922-2018).
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (278 pages)
• Subjects: Social sciences; Technology--Sociological aspects; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Sociology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811514982
• Related ISBNs: 9789811514975
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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