Institutional Economics and the Formation of Preferences : The Advent of Pop Music
Wilfred. Dolfsma
Bok Engelsk 2004 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Cheltenham : : Edward Elgar Publishing, , 2004.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (176 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Chapter 1: The amazing advent of pop music; Chapter 2: How not to explain the advent of pop music; Chapter 3: Consuming symbolic goods; Chapter 4: Radio and magazines: valuing pop music through institutional changes; Chapter 5: Consuming pop music/constructing a life world; Chapter 6: The social construction of value; Chapter 7: Conclusion: forming preferences, valuing pop music; References; Index. - The author demonstrates how preferences for specific goods, and symbolic goods in particular, are mediated through the institutional settings that both individuals and groups find themselves in. He develops a Social Value Nexus, which indicates how institutions relate to the socio-cultural values of a society. He goes on to argue that tensions at the institutional or socio-cultural level will alter the institutional setting and therefore affect preferences. The sudden and radical change in consumption patterns for music in the late 1950s and early 1960s provides convincing evidence of the auth
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| ISBN | 1843762331
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