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Orderly Fashion: A Sociology of Markets
Patrik Aspers
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Description for Orderly Fashion: A Sociology of Markets
Hardback. For any market to work properly, certain key elements are necessary: competition, pricing, rules, clearly defined offers, and easy access to information. Without these components, there would be chaos. This book examines how order is maintained in the different interconnected consumer, producer, and credit markets of the global fashion industry. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 halftones. 2 line illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: JFFT; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
For any market to work properly, certain key elements are necessary: competition, pricing, rules, clearly defined offers, and easy access to information. Without these components, there would be chaos. Orderly Fashion examines how order is maintained in the different interconnected consumer, producer, and credit markets of the global fashion industry. From retailers in Sweden and the United Kingdom to producers in India and Turkey, Patrik Aspers focuses on branded garment retailers--chains such as Gap, H&M, Old Navy, Topshop, and Zara. Aspers investigates these retailers' interactions and competition in the consumer market for fashion garments, traces connections between producer and consumer ... Read more
For any market to work properly, certain key elements are necessary: competition, pricing, rules, clearly defined offers, and easy access to information. Without these components, there would be chaos. Orderly Fashion examines how order is maintained in the different interconnected consumer, producer, and credit markets of the global fashion industry. From retailers in Sweden and the United Kingdom to producers in India and Turkey, Patrik Aspers focuses on branded garment retailers--chains such as Gap, H&M, Old Navy, Topshop, and Zara. Aspers investigates these retailers' interactions and competition in the consumer market for fashion garments, traces connections between producer and consumer ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691141572
SKU
V9780691141572
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About Patrik Aspers
Patrik Aspers is associate professor of sociology at Stockholm University. He is the author of Markets in Fashion .
Reviews for Orderly Fashion: A Sociology of Markets
I do hope that economists read this book and realize the potential that such descriptive analysis holds.
Nick Krafft, Open Economics Aspers enlightens readers about the intricacies of the workings of the global fashion market. He has accomplished what he set out to do, to bring together economic, sociological, and fashion theory.
Wanda K. Cheek, Journal of Family and ... Read more
Nick Krafft, Open Economics Aspers enlightens readers about the intricacies of the workings of the global fashion market. He has accomplished what he set out to do, to bring together economic, sociological, and fashion theory.
Wanda K. Cheek, Journal of Family and ... Read more