Applying economic sociology to understand the meaning of “Quality” in food markets
批判正统经济学对市场的看法，提出经济社会学和惯例理论更能揭示市场是社会建构，并用于剖析食品“质量”的多重维度，说明质量是由社会和文化塑造的制度。
Abstract This article reviews the concept of the “market” and questions the standard view of the “market” developed by orthodox economic theory. The article highlights how Economic Sociology and Convention Theory is more useful in understanding markets and appreciating markets as social constructs, which are governed by institutions and social orders. This adjustment in the analytical framework to study markets and especially food markets, is useful in unpacking the various dimensions of “quality” in food products and illustrating that “quality” is an institution that is shaped by society and by culture.