| Abstract: | Pierre Bourdieu and co-workers have analyzed markets as social fields. In the article I argue that the analyses done by Bourdieu cannot grasp the production of ?quality“ and ?worth“ in markets. This form of analyses fails also in recognizing that markets are differentiated spheres, whereby quality conventions are one principle therefore. ?Quality“ is related to field structure in a reductionist way. The critic of the concepts of field and habitus in France is introduced. The workings of Luc Boltanski and Laurent Thévenot as well as the associated approach of ?Economics of convention“ (EC) are used to compensate the identified gaps in the Bourdieuian approach to market analysis. The articles aims to sketch out how a combination of both approaches can open a research perspective for the sociological analysis of markets. The concept of quality conventions plays a pivotal role. It is related to the concept of field and combined with it. An illustrating example is given. |
