The Routledge International Handbook of Valuation and Society

The Routledge International Handbook of Valuation and Society builds on the growing research interest in practices of valuation throughout contemporary society, providing an up-to-date overview of the different facets of research in the sociology of valuation.

The handbook is divided into five major sections with attention to the treatment of valuation in major areas of sociological theory, as well as its key concepts, discourses, and approaches:

Part I: Theoretical perspectives

Part II: Central valuation practices in societal spheres

Part III: Cross-cutting valuation practices

Part IV: Valuation and societal change

Part V: Reflections

Together, the chapters in this book characterize distinctive practices of valuation across different societal spheres, such as education and science, arts and culture, economic life, the environment or digital culture and social media. They also examine the role of valuation in contemporary so