The Social Meaning of Money: "Special Monies"

The geography of money and finance

“…For Marx (1973: 221), this reduction was alienating and corrosive because money, as 'the god among commodities', dissolved personal and community ties and became 'the real community' (Marx, 1973: 225). Yet money, as Viviana Zelizer's (1989) work reminds us, is simultaneously particular, social, laden with meaning and ritual, and often gendered. For all money's powers of rationalization, homogenization and absolute interchangeability, its sociality stubbornly persists.…”

Institutions as reference points for parents-to-be in European societies: a theoretical and analytical framework

“…For instance, opting for high quality childcare rather than maternal or paternal care is an option only when couples can financially afford this. Opting for maternal employment or paternal care is further intertwined with specific cultural and institutional influences as money earned by a mother(-to-be) traditionally has a different social meaning than money earned by a father(-to-be) (Zelizer 1989). This finding has been captured by the notion of 'special moneys' (Zelizer 1989).…”

“…Opting for maternal employment or paternal care is further intertwined with specific cultural and institutional influences as money earned by a mother(-to-be) traditionally has a different social meaning than money earned by a father(-to-be) (Zelizer 1989). This finding has been captured by the notion of 'special moneys' (Zelizer 1989). Historically, the father's income was considered to provide for the family's basic needs.…”

Level of Analysis in the Studies of the Meaning of Money

“…Athenea Digital,17(3), 131-148. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/athenea.1858 Introdução Embora não haja uma definição satisfatória acerca do dinheiro, ele tem sido tratado nas ciências sociais como uma convenção social (Furnham, 2014;Furnham & Argyle, 2000;Sánchez, 2005;Weatherford, 2005;Zelizer, 1989). As transformações sofridas ao longo da história fizeram desse fenômeno um símbolo de troca altamente sofisticado (Dodd, 1997), contribuindo para que assumisse um papel relevante nas sociedades capitalistas (Marx, 1890(Marx, /1980Simmel, 1907Simmel, /2005Weber, 1920Weber, /2004) ao tornar-se a principal forma de recompensa do trabalho (salário/remuneração) e, por consequência, um objeto potencialmente valorizado pelas pessoas.…”

“…Na psicologia, estudos voltados ao contexto do trabalho demonstram, em maior ou menor grau, a influência do dinheiro como um instrumento econômico, em temas como motivação (Pérez-Ramos, 1990), satisfação (Martinez & Paraguay, 2003) e significados do trabalho (Bendassolli & BorgesAndrade, 2011;Borges & Tamayo;MOW, 1987). Apesar de as características utilitárias serem mais frequentemente exploradas, especialmente nas ciências econômicas, para Viviana Zelizer (1989), são as dimensões extraeconômicas que conferem ao dinheiro sua base social. Essas dimensões são, na realidade, símbolos produzidos na socialização humana, o que, para Gustavo Gusmán (2000), refletem aspectos das experiên-cias individuais e dos contextos socioculturais, nos quais se insere toda a atividade humana, em uma relação dialética.…”