Market Relations and the Competitive Process

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Market Relations and the Competitive Process
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Stan Metcalfe
Edited by Alan Warde
SeriesNew Dynamics of Innovation and Competition
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:224
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreEconomics
ISBN/Barcode 9780719064692
ClassificationsDewey:338.6048
Audience
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Illustrations Line drawings, black & white|Tables, black & white

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 1 December 2012
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The book, newly available in paperback, considers the social role of economic institutions in society and examines the various meanings embedded in the word 'markets', as well as developing arguments on the nature of competition as an instituted economic process, rather than as competition being something that disturbs norms or institutions. -- .

Author Biography

Stan Metcalfe is Stanley Jevons Professor of Political Economy and Cobden Lecturer at the University of Manchester Alan Warde is Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester and Co-Director of CRIC -- .