What the market teaches us : limitations of knowing and tactics for doing / Charles Smith
- Author:
- Smith, Charles W., 1938-
- Published:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
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- Oxford scholarship online: ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I UNCERTAINTIES IN KNOWING AND DOING -- 1.Knowledge is Fickle -- 2.Stuff Happens! -- pt. II TRADITIONAL COPING PRACTICES: DENYING AND BINDING, INSULATING AND PROPELLING -- 3.Making Sense: Denying and Binding -- 4.Routines and Performances: Insulating and Propelling -- pt. III ACTING SENSIBLY: ELUDING HAZARDS AND GRASPING OPPORTUNITIES -- 5.The Essentials of Acting Sensibly: An Overview -- 6.Identifying and Juggling Objectives -- 7.Recognizing Markers -- 8.Utilizing Rules of Thumb -- 9.Adjusting and Correcting One's Course -- 10.Monitoring and Utilizing Escape Routes -- pt. IV TEACHINGS FOR TOMORROW -- 11.New Teachings of the New Market -- 12.Learning to Act Sensibly by Engaging and Doing -- Postscript -- Appendices -- Appendix A Understanding Markets from a Sociological Perspective -- Appendix B The Interplay of Ethnography and Markets.
- Summary:
- Charles Smith examines what markets teach us about coping with ambiguities and unexpected happenings. Starting with why knowledge is fickle and 'stuff happens' he explores what markets tell us about the strengths and weaknesses of explanatory accounts for making sense of and routines for ignoring such problems.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780191806056 (ebook)
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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