Abstract
An increasing number of studies have been dedicated to analyzing the relationship between social contestation and the functioning of markets or companies. Developed from different theoretical perspectives, but with a strong anchoring in contributions from economic sociology and the sociology of social movements, these analyses bring to light the role played by social criticism in the emergence, transformation, and stabilization of markets. In this dossier, we present a collection of articles that show how social movements have interacted with companies and state agents in different economic fields, seeking to consolidate the actions of different social agents in these interactions. In addition, it is a contribution that problematizes the issue of present standards of morality in the different forms of goods and services exchange (reciprocity, redistribution, and market). The richness of this set of analyses, developed in Brazil as well as in other countries (France and Italy), shows the vitality of this new field of study, while at the same time pointing to the opening of new research themes within the scope of economic sociology.
Keywords
contestation; market; companies; crisis; economic field