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dc.contributor.authorBorgen, Svein Ole
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-07T13:46:01Z
dc.date.available2021-12-07T13:46:01Z
dc.date.created2021-06-18T16:17:05Z
dc.date.issued2021-04-15
dc.identifier.citationSociologia Ruralis. 2021, 61 (3), .en_US
dc.identifier.issn0038-0199
dc.identifier.issn1467-9523
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2833182
dc.description.abstractThis is a conceptual article that uses the concept ‘boundary object’ in order to discuss what role the loosely defined notion ‘standard product quality’ plays with regard to coordination and controversies in the Norwegian agrifood market. The boundary object theory offers a unique approach to exploring the boundaries (shared spaces) between standard and non-standard product qualities as framed by the involved actors. This theory emphasises the difference between doing and being: Analysing what quality does in social settings is a more informative approach than discussing what quality is. The core arguments are illustrated by a review of available studies of the Norwegian agrifood market. The first part of the article concludes that standard quality coordinates the hegemonic stakeholders (producers, retailers, regulators and consumers) without presupposing consensus between them. The second part of the article addresses the controversies in the boundaries between the hegemonic agricultural agrifood system and competing alternatives related to organic, terroir and animal welfare qualities. The study discerns no signs of any transformative quality turn-away from the Norwegian hegemonic agrifood system and the inherent emphasise on ‘standard product’ quality. On the other hand, this is not static since different interpretations of quality continuously challenge each other.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe work was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway (Project No. 295161, project title “Good Animal: Animal welfare for Sustainable Futures”).en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSociologia Ruralis;Volume 61, Issue 4
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectBoundary objectsen_US
dc.subjectCoordinationen_US
dc.subjectControversiesen_US
dc.subjectStandard qualitiesen_US
dc.titleStandard quality as a boundary object - A conceptual studyen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holder© 2021 The Authors.en_US
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cristin.fulltextoriginal
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/soru.12345
dc.identifier.cristin1916858
dc.source.journalSociologia Ruralisen_US
dc.source.volume61en_US
dc.source.issue4en_US
dc.source.pagenumber704-722en_US
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 295161en_US


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