scholarly journals Value, (use) values, and the ecologies of capital: On social form, meaning, and the contested production of nature.

2020 ◽  
pp. 030913252094747
Author(s):  
Luis Andueza
Keyword(s):  
Moral Economy ◽  
Value Theory ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
Use Value ◽  
Ecological Studies ◽  
Social Form ◽  
Use Values ◽  
Internal Relations ◽  
Production Of Nature ◽  
Reductive Account

This paper connects hitherto distant strands of literature to contribute to the ongoing turn to value theory in socio-ecological studies. Starting from Marx’s understanding of value as social form, I revisit Neil Smith’s contribution to the question of value and nature and argue for a reassessment of the internal relations between valorisation and the ‘vernacular’ dimensions of socio-ecological reproduction. I approach this problem through Bolívar Echeverría’s reconstruction of the category of use-value and his understanding of the pivotal role it plays in Marx’s critique, which allows for an open and non-reductive account of the subsumption of socio-ecologies under capitalism as contradictory entanglements of abstraction and meaning. The paper mobilises these insights alongside Marxian-inspired anthropological theories of value – the work of Terence Turner and David Graeber – in order to sketch elements for a symbolic-materialist framework to approach the question of value in its cultural-moral register, its relation to value as economic form, and issues of moral economy and ecology under capitalism.

scholarly journals Measuring Use Value from Recreation Participation

1992 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
John C. Whitehead
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resource ◽  
Recreation Demand ◽  
Use Value ◽  
Resource Valuation ◽  
Participation Decision ◽  
Valuation Method ◽  
Use Values ◽  
One Step ◽  
Recreation Participation ◽  
The One

AbstractRecreation demand studies have traditionally utilized a two-step valuation method, estimating conditional recreation participation probabilities and then intensity of use decisions. These two steps of analysis are combined to estimate the use value of natural resource recreation sites. The purpose of this paper is to provide a method by which use value can be estimated solely from the participation decision. The one-step resource valuation method allows estimation of use values from coefficients of the logistic regression recreation participation equation. The benefits of the method are the reduced data and effort required to value natural resource areas.

scholarly journals Impact of New Procedures for Estimating Agricultural Use Values in New York

1981 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-69
Author(s):  
Nelson L. Bills ◽  
Richard N. Boisvert
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Use Value ◽  
Value Assessment ◽  
Net Returns ◽  
Use Values ◽  
Agricultural Use ◽  
New Procedures ◽  
Urban State

This paper examines the implications of New York's new procedures for determining agricultural values for use-value assessment purposes. It has been argued that use values based on comparable sales, regardless of efforts to confine the data to farm-to-farm sales, still contained some speculative influences, which in turn, inflated use-value estimates in an urban state like New York. Interestingly, this paper shows that the Legislature's remedy – use-value estimates based on capitalized net returns to land – is likely to bring with it rather substantial increases in use values estimated for much of the State's cropland base.

scholarly journals Use-Values for Inclusion: Mobilizing Resources in Popular Education for Newly Arrived Refugees in Sweden

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nedžad Mešić ◽  
Magnus Dahlstedt ◽  
Andreas Fejes ◽  
Sofia Nyström
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Popular Education ◽  
The State ◽  
Use Value ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Strong Notion ◽  
Use Values ◽  
Study Circle ◽  
Welfare Model

In times of market reforms and international migration, the Swedish welfare model has been seriously challenged. In the context of the arrival of refugees in 2015–2017, the state turned to civil society in facing up to the challenges. In this article, we direct our attention to the Workers’ Educational Association’s (ABF) state-funded work with refugees, with a specific focus on the activities conducted, the resources making them possible and the use-value of the resources mobilised. The article is based on observations and interviews with study circle leaders, managers and asylum seekers. The analysis illustrates that ABF, in line with its historical legacy, the broader workers’ movement, the strong notion of popular education as ‘free and voluntary’, has, with its well-established connections throughout the country, not solely taken on the task defined by the state. In solidarity, ABF has also responded to the needs of the refugees. As highlighted in the analysis, ABF has mobilized a wide range of resources, not least providing refugees with social networks and help in contacting the authorities. With such mobilization, opportunities were provided for the inclusion of refugees in Sweden.

scholarly journals Valuasi Ekonomi Ekosistem Mangrove di Desa Timbulsloko Kecamatan Sayung Kabupaten Demak

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-50
Author(s):  
Vita Fitriana Mayasari ◽  
Rudhi Pribadi ◽  
Nirwani Soenardjo
Keyword(s):  
Economic Valuation ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Mangrove Ecosystem ◽  
Use Value ◽  
Existence Value ◽  
Mangrove Ecosystems ◽  
Use Values ◽  
Total Economic Value ◽  
Direct Use ◽  
Descriptive Method

Ekosistem mangrove memiliki fungsi fisik, ekologi, dan ekonomi bagi manusia. Pemanfaatan mangrove yang tidak konservatif dapat menimbulkan kerusakan mangrove dan abrasi. Pemulihan ekosistem mangrove dengan rehabilitasi dan konservasi dapat meningkatkan pendapatan masyarakat. Peningkatan pendapatan masyarakat ini mendorong diperlukannya perhitungan valuasi ekonomi terhadap ekosistem mangrove. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mengetahui total use value dan non use value ekosistem mangrove di Desa Timbulsloko, Kecamatan Sayung, Kabupaten Demak. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode deskriptif untuk menghimpun data monografi terkait ekosistem mangrove dan metode eksploratif untuk penentuan use value dan non use value ekosistem mangrove. Responden penelitian adalah 30 orang terdiri dari 29 masyarakat dan 1 orang perangkat desa yang berkaitan dengan keberadaan ekosistem mangrove secara langsung dan tidak langsung. Penelitian dilakukan pada Bulan September – Desember 2017. Hasil penelitian menunjukan nilai total ekonomi ekosistem mangrove di Desa Timbulsloko adalah Rp 164.897.377,1/ha/tahun atau Rp 12.703.693.939/ tahun dengan luasan ekosistem mangrove 77,04 ha. Nilai tersebut terdiri dari total use value dan non use value dari sektor perikanan dan kelautan yang terkait dengan ekosistem mangrove. Use value sebesar Rp 11.095.403.189/tahun atau Rp 144.021.329/ha/tahun. Use value meliputi nilai guna langsung, nilai guna tidak langsung, dan nilai pilihan. Sedangkan non use value sebesar Rp 1.608.290.750/tahun atau Rp 20.876.048,16/ha/tahun. Non use value meliputi nilai keberadaan dan nilai warisan.   Mangrove ecosystem has physical, ecological and economical functions for humans. Non conservative use of mangrove can cause mangrove damage and abrasion. Restoration of mangrove ecosystems with rehabilitation and conservation can increase community income. The increasing of community income can cause the need of economic valuation calculations for the mangrove ecosystem. The purpose of this study was to determine the total of use value and non-use value of the mangrove ecosystem in Timbulsloko Village, Sayung District, Demak Regency. The method used in this study was a descriptive method to collect monograph data related to mangrove ecosystems and an exploratory method for determining use value and non-use value of the mangrove ecosystem. The research respondents were 30 residents consisting of 29 communities and 1 village officer who were directly and indirectly related to the existence of the mangrove ecosystem. This researched was conducted in September – December 2017. The result showed that the total economic value of the mangrove ecosystem in Timbulsloko Village was Rp. 164,897,377.1 / ha / year or Rp. 12,703,693,939 / year in 77.04ha of mangrove ecosystem area range. This value consists of the total use value and non-use value from the fisheries and marine sector which associated with the mangrove ecosystem. The use value of IDR 11,095,403,189 / year or IDR 144,021,329 / ha / year. The use values include direct use value, indirect use value, and option value. Meanwhile, the non-use value is IDR 1,608,290,750 / year or IDR 20,876,048.16 / ha / year. The non-use values include existence value and bequest value.  

A Cry for Care But not Justice: Embodied Vulnerabilities and the Moral Economy of Child Welfare

Affilia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zlatana Knezevic
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Moral Economy ◽  
The Body ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
Children’S Accounts ◽  
Empirical Material ◽  
Assessment Reports

This study explores the pivotal role of the body for political recognition and rights claims in child welfare “moral” interventions. I examine how the bodily figures in child welfare assessments, linking these manifestations to the concept of the moral economy of care. A sample of assessment reports from a Swedish municipality, all addressing violations of children’s bodies or integrity, are used as empirical material. I show how the psychosomatically suffering child is being best “heard” as vulnerable. I also argue that such a moral economy of care silences children’s accounts of gendered and racial injustices. Furthermore, racialized moral divides are indicated when assessments of different child bodies are considered. A concluding remark points to a need for a child welfare moral economy of social justice that responds to structural intersecting injustices in childhoods, including to those of a racialized child welfare and its individualized and symptom-oriented services.

scholarly journals Indirect and Non-use Values of Halda River- A Unique Natural Breeding Ground of Indian Carps in Bangladesh

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
MH Kabir ◽  
MM Kibria ◽  
MM Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Contingent Valuation Method ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Use Value ◽  
Option Value ◽  
Valuation Method ◽  
Use Values ◽  
Natural Breeding ◽  
Economic Worth ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Freshwater River

Bangladesh is a Riverine country; however, Halda River is of special interest among them in recent time for being the only tidal freshwater River in the world that serves as a natural spawning ground for major Indian carps. Besides, this River serves some indirect and non-use values. This study aims at estimating the economic worth of the indirect and non-use value of Halda River. Both indirect and non-use values of this River were calculated by using contingent valuation method. The study found that total indirect use value per year from this River was Tk. 29.50 million. We also estimated that total non-use value was Tk. 31.46 million which comprised of bequest value of Tk. 14.85 million and option value of Tk. 16.61 million. The study suggests that this valid source of information should take into consideration for the decision makers in taking projects and programmes aimed at managing this River more wisely in the future.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jesnr.v6i2.22092 J. Environ. Sci. & Natural Resources, 6(2): 31-36 2013

scholarly journals An economic valuation of access to cultural institutions: museums, theatres, and cinemas

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 563-587
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Wiśniewska ◽  
Wiktor Budziński ◽  
Mikołaj Czajkowski
Keyword(s):  
Economic Valuation ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Consumer Surplus ◽  
Use Value ◽  
Cultural Institutions ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Public Resources ◽  
Use Values ◽  
Non Market Valuation ◽  
Embedding Effect

Abstract Cultural institutions are the main beneficiaries of public funds for culture. However, cultural policies suffer from ‘adhocism’ in the administration of institutions, which are often publicly owned and receive little recognition of the benefits that society gains from their use. The aim of this study is to provide the measurement of the use value of access to cultural institutions. Based on the observed individual attendances and their costs, a two-stage budgeting model is employed to estimate the change in consumer surplus related to the loss of access to cinemas, museums, and theatres in Warsaw, Poland. It is the first non-market valuation of cinemas in the existing literature. The inclusion of institutions’ entire markets helps to overcome the bias caused by the embedding effect and the availability of substitutes, which affects many single-site valuations. The estimated use values are compared with the subsidies received by the three groups of cultural institutions. Results reveal substantial benefits provided by cinemas, although cinemas are nearly excluded from the circulation of public support. The estimated use value is enough to justify subsidies for both highly subsidised sectors of museums and theatres. The estimation of use values serves as a starting point for the evaluation of the use of public resources.

The Air Cure Town: Commodifying Mountain Air in Alpine Central Europe

2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison F. Frank
Keyword(s):  
Central Europe ◽  
No Value ◽  
Industrial Production ◽  
Use Value ◽  
Virgin Soil ◽  
The World ◽  
Human Labor ◽  
Use Values

Does air have value? In the first volume of Capital, Marx suggested it did not: “A thing can be a use-value, without having value,” he explained. “This is the case whenever its utility to man is not due to labour. Such are air, virgin soil, natural meadows, &c.” Because it has no value, understood by Marx in this context to mean labor value, air cannot be a commodity: “Commodities come into the world in the shape of use-values, articles, or goods, such as iron, linen, corn, &c. This is their plain, homely, bodily form. They are, however, commodities, only because they are something two fold, both object of utility, and, at the same time, depositories of value.” Marx's materialist focus on human labor and industrial production made it hard for him to imagine air as a commodity—at least when he published the first volume of Capital in 1867.

scholarly journals Economia política da informação e comunicação em tempos de internet: revisitando a teoria do valor nas redes e no espetáculo | Political economy of information and communication in the internet era: revisiting value theory in networks and in entertainment

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcos Dantas
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Value Theory ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Use Value ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Exchange Value ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Current Production ◽  
The Media ◽  
Production Conditions

Resumo o pilar teórico da Economia Política é a teoria do valor-trabalho. O capitalismo contemporâneo vem submetendo essa teoria a desafios teóricos e práticos pois, nas atuais condições de produção, o valor de troca estaria sendo esvaziado, subsistindo o valor de uso. O texto procura mostrar que a compreensão desses problemas pode estar no cerne das preocupações da Economia Política da Informação, Comunicação e Cultura (EPICC), já que o seu objeto de estudo é o processo de trabalho e valorização nos meios de comunicação, na produção de espetáculos e, agora, também, na internet.Palavras-chave valor de uso, valor de troca, trabalho, informação, internet, "jardins murados"Abstract the pillar of Political Economy theory is the theory of labor value. Contemporary capitalism has subjected this theory to theoretical and practical challenges because, under current production conditions, the exchange value was being emptied, subsisting use value. The text seeks to show that understanding of these problems can be at the core concerns of the Political Economy of Information, Communication and Culture (PEICC), since its subject is the process of work and valorization in the media, the production of entertanment, and now also on the Internet. Keywords: use value, exchange value, labour, information, internet, "walled gardens"

scholarly journals Reactionary radicalism and the analysis of worker subjectivity in Marx’s critique of political economy

2021 ◽  
pp. 030981682110374
Author(s):  
Magnus Granberg
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Use Value ◽  
Social Formation ◽  
Social Form ◽  
The Real ◽  
Level Of Abstraction ◽  
Social Forms ◽  
Labour Power

This analysis starts off from the contemporary relevance of the theory of ‘the radicalism of tradition’, arguing that it presents a challenge to Marxism because Marxist work has not sufficiently attended to elements of a theory of worker subjectivity scattered in the critique of political economy. This theory is located on a lower level of abstraction than is commonly assumed and can be applied to subjective dynamics in labour militancy. However, this requires that some basic categories in Marx’s critique are reconsidered, especially those that do not seem immanent to the capitalist social formation, categories that appear, and have mostly been read, as the ahistorical ground on which properly social forms arise. Therefore, apparently ahistorical categories pertaining to use value and concrete labour’s use value for capital are explored to reconstruct a theory relating capital’s positing of labour to contemporary militancies that appropriate tradition. In contrast to the view of tradition as external to capital, the view advanced is that ‘reactionary radicalism’ relates to how capital, as totalizing social form, abstracts tradition. Furthermore, tradition is radicalized through a negative subjectivity inherent to the commodification of labour power and the real subsumption of labour; proletarian experience is a precondition of radicalized tradition.

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