TY - JOUR
T1 - Slowed Down Economisation
T2 - The Persistence of Alternative Trade Organisations Entschleunigte Ökonomisierung: die Zählebigkeit alternativer Handelsorganisationen
AU - Arnold, N.
AU - Hammer, I.
PY - 2018/3/1
Y1 - 2018/3/1
N2 - © 2018 Nadine Arnold et al., published by De Gruyter Open 2018.Have Swiss Alternative Trade Organizations (ATOs) valorized economic aspects at the expense of their social mission for the longer term? From a historical perspective (1974-2013), this article shows how these social enterprises have maintained their social purpose and inhibited the course of organizational economization. We identify three deceleration strategies: involving volunteers, direct trading partnerships with producers, focusing on the sales niche. The article shows how and why economization processes are malleable and not inevitable.
AB - © 2018 Nadine Arnold et al., published by De Gruyter Open 2018.Have Swiss Alternative Trade Organizations (ATOs) valorized economic aspects at the expense of their social mission for the longer term? From a historical perspective (1974-2013), this article shows how these social enterprises have maintained their social purpose and inhibited the course of organizational economization. We identify three deceleration strategies: involving volunteers, direct trading partnerships with producers, focusing on the sales niche. The article shows how and why economization processes are malleable and not inevitable.
U2 - 10.1515/sjs-2018-0005
DO - 10.1515/sjs-2018-0005
M3 - Article
SN - 0379-3664
VL - 44
SP - 89
EP - 111
JO - Swiss Journal of Sociology
JF - Swiss Journal of Sociology
IS - 1
ER -