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The chapters in this book were written over a period of ten years or so. Four of them (Chapters 1-4) have been published previously; the others (Chapters 5-8) have not, though the final one draws on other published papers not included here. All of them, though in different ways, address a single problem, that of 'market boundaries': they explore the possible grounds for regarding the market as an inappropriate framework for the conduct of certain kinds of activities, and hence for placing limits on the scope or extent of the market domain. Their main focus is on a particular, though loosely defined, class of such activities which may be called 'cultural', including broadcasting, the arts, academic research and so on. They are intended to show why it is that cultural activities of this kind, and the institutions within which they are conducted, should be 'protected' in various ways from the operation of the market. The Introduction, as well as outlining their respective contents, sketches out the trajectory of thought which led to their composition. It is written in a somewhat more personal mode than is usual, but I hope it will prove helpful in making sense of what follows, and not
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Russell Keat
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780230595767
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Science, Political Science
