La vida social de los precios: evaluaciones monetarias y acción económica en los mercados de la seguridad privada = The social life of prices: monetary assessments and economic action in private security markets

Based on a study of private security markets in Argentina, this paper discusses the way in which prices are produced, perceived, interpreted and manipulated in the course of economic actions of various actors. My work is based on thirty interviews with leaders of security companies and forty intervi...

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Main Author: Valcarce, Federico Lorenc
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Language:Portuguese
Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (EDIPUCRS) 2010-01-01
Series:Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais
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Online Access:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/civitas/article/viewFile/6781/5971
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description Based on a study of private security markets in Argentina, this paper discusses the way in which prices are produced, perceived, interpreted and manipulated in the course of economic actions of various actors. My work is based on thirty interviews with leaders of security companies and forty interviews with different kinds of customers of these companies, as well as observations made in twenty companies in the sector and informal exchanges with key informants. In addition, I use materials produced by public institutions, chambers and professional organizations in the field of security, and by the companies themselves. In this paper, I show that prices are negotiated in the course of market transactions and that the actors introduce principles of interaction other than competition
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La vida social de los precios: evaluaciones monetarias y acción económica en los mercados de la seguridad privada = The social life of prices: monetary assessments and economic action in private security markets
Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais
economia
segurança privada
competitividade
title La vida social de los precios: evaluaciones monetarias y acción económica en los mercados de la seguridad privada = The social life of prices: monetary assessments and economic action in private security markets
title_full La vida social de los precios: evaluaciones monetarias y acción económica en los mercados de la seguridad privada = The social life of prices: monetary assessments and economic action in private security markets
title_fullStr La vida social de los precios: evaluaciones monetarias y acción económica en los mercados de la seguridad privada = The social life of prices: monetary assessments and economic action in private security markets
title_full_unstemmed La vida social de los precios: evaluaciones monetarias y acción económica en los mercados de la seguridad privada = The social life of prices: monetary assessments and economic action in private security markets
title_short La vida social de los precios: evaluaciones monetarias y acción económica en los mercados de la seguridad privada = The social life of prices: monetary assessments and economic action in private security markets
title_sort la vida social de los precios evaluaciones monetarias y accion economica en los mercados de la seguridad privada the social life of prices monetary assessments and economic action in private security markets
topic economia
segurança privada
competitividade
url https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/civitas/article/viewFile/6781/5971
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