Contested Moralities of Markets

Moral struggles in and around markets

Moral struggles in and around markets abound in contemporary societies where markets have become the dominant form of economic coordination. The present volume advances our current understanding of markets by highlighting the sources, processes, and outcomes of moral struggles in and around markets.

It traces the creation, reproduction, and change of underlying moral orders and reveals the role of status and power differentials, alliances, and political strategies as well as the general cultural, social, and political contexts in which the struggles unfold.

The contributions to this volume reflect the ‘moral turn’ that can currently be observed in organization studies and economic sociology, and connect to recent developments in the sociology of morality.