Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- I - General Concerns: Economy, Materiality, Power -- 1 - Economic Markets and the Rise of Interactive Agencements: From Prosthetic Agencies to Habilitated Agencies -- 2 - The Centrality of Materiality: Economic Theorizing from Xenophon to Home Economics and...

This paper compares a translation of a global (more specifically, European) regulation into two local contexts, setting this process in a broader context of the all-pervading risk management. The two countries are Sweden and Poland, both relatively untouched by the current financial crisis, and...

This paper compares a translation of a global (more specifically, European) regulation into two local contexts, setting this process in a broader context of the all-pervading risk management. The two countries are Sweden and Poland, both relatively untouched by the current financial crisis, and...

What does a stockbroker in Istanbul navigating the rush of incoming trading figures have in common with a mother in Stockholm trying to organize a growing pile of baby clothes? They are both coping with excess or overflow. This book explores the ways in which institutions, corporations and...