Labelling the Economy: Qualities and Values in Contemporary Markets

By Brice Laurent

Book Overview

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).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 981151500X
• ISBN13: 9789811515002
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"