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20 produkter
People, Money and Power in the Economic Crisis
Perspectives from the Global South
Av Keith Hart, John Sharp
Inbunden, 2014
1979 kr
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The Cold War was fought between “state socialism” and “the free market.” That fluctuating relationship between public power and private money continues today, unfolding in new and unforeseen ways during the economic crisis. Nine case studies -- from Southern Africa, South Asia, Brazil, and Atlantic …
Economy for and Against Democracy
Av Keith Hart
Inbunden, 2015
1921 kr
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Political constitutions alone do not guarantee democracy; a degree of economic equality is also essential. Yet contemporary economies, dominated as they are by global finance and political rent-seekers, often block the realization of democracy. The comparative essays and case studies of this volume …
Gypsy Economy
Romani Livelihoods and Notions of Worth in the 21st Century
Av Micol Brazzabeni, Manuela Ivone Cunha m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
1861 kr
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Economic arrangements of Romanies are complexly related to their social position. The authors of this volume explore these complexities, including how economic exchanges forge key social relationships of gender and ethnicity, how economic opportunities are constructed and seized, and how economic …
People, Money and Power in the Economic Crisis
Perspectives from the Global South
Av Keith Hart, John Sharp
Häftad, 2016
516 kr
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The Cold War was fought between “state socialism” and “the free market.” That fluctuating relationship between public power and private money continues today, unfolding in new and unforeseen ways during the economic crisis. Nine case studies -- from Southern Africa, South Asia, Brazil, and Atlantic …
From Clans to Co-ops
Confiscated Mafia Land in Sicily
Inbunden, 2017
1921 kr
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From Clans to Co-ops explores the social, political, and economic relations that enable the constitution of cooperatives operating on land confiscated from mafiosi in Sicily, a project that the state hails as arguably the greatest symbolic victory over the mafia in Italian history. Rakopoulos’s …
Money in a Human Economy
Av Keith Hart’s
Inbunden, 2017
1979 kr
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A human economy puts people first in emergent world society. Money is a human universal and now takes the divisive form of capitalism. This book addresses how to think about money (from Aristotle to the daily news and the sexual economy of luxury goods); its contemporary evolution (banking the …
Money at the Margins
Global Perspectives on Technology, Financial Inclusion and Design
Av Bill Maurer, Smoki Musaraj m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
1921 kr
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Mobile money, e-commerce, cash cards, retail credit cards, and more - as new monetary technologies become increasingly available, the global South has embraced these mediums as a simple solution to the issue of financial inclusion. How, if at all, do new forms of dematerialized money impact …
Economy for and Against Democracy
Av Keith Hart
Häftad, 2017
527 kr
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Political constitutions alone do not guarantee democracy; a degree of economic equality is also essential. Yet contemporary economies, dominated as they are by global finance and political rent-seekers, often block the realization of democracy. The comparative essays and case studies of this volume …
Gypsy Economy
Romani Livelihoods and Notions of Worth in the 21st Century
Av Micol Brazzabeni, Manuela Ivone Cunha m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
527 kr
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Economic arrangements of Romanies are complexly related to their social position. The authors of this volume explore these complexities, including how economic exchanges forge key social relationships of gender and ethnicity, how economic opportunities are constructed and seized, and how economic …
Money at the Margins
Global Perspectives on Technology, Financial Inclusion, and Design
Av Bill Maurer, Smoki Musaraj m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
454 kr
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Mobile money, e-commerce, cash cards, retail credit cards, and more—as new monetary technologies become increasingly available, the global South has cautiously embraced these mediums as a potential solution to the issue of financial inclusion. How, if at all, do new forms of dematerialized money …
Money in a Human Economy
Av Keith Hart’s
Häftad, 2019
543 kr
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A human economy puts people first in emergent world society. Money is a human universal and now takes the divisive form of capitalism. This book addresses how to think about money (from Aristotle to the daily news and the sexual economy of luxury goods); its contemporary evolution (banking the …
Credit and Debts in an Unequal Society
Establishing a Consumer Credit Market in South Africa
Inbunden, 2020
1921 kr
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South Africa was one of the first countries in the Global South that established a financialized consumer credit market. This market consolidates rather than alleviates the extreme social inequality within a country. This book investigates the political reasons for adopting an allegedly …
Commerce as Politics
The Two Centuries of Struggle for Basotho Economic Independence
Inbunden, 2021
1648 kr
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This is the first comprehensive economic history of the Basotho people of Southern Africa (in colonial Basutoland, then Lesotho) and spans from the 1820s to the present day. The book documents what the Basotho have done on their own account, focusing on their systematic exclusion from trade and …
Land and the Mortgage
History, Culture, Belonging
Av Daivi Rodima-Taylor, Parker Shipton
Inbunden, 2022
1768 kr
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The mortgaging of land is not just economic and legal but also social and cultural. Here, anthropologists, historians, and economists explore origins, variations, and meanings of the land mortgage, and the risks to homes and livelihoods. Combining findings from archives, printed records, and live …
From Clans to Co-ops
Confiscated Mafia Land in Sicily
Häftad, 2023
298 kr
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From Clans to Co-ops explores the social, political, and economic relations that enable the constitution of cooperatives operating on land confiscated from mafiosi in Sicily, a project that the state hails as arguably the greatest symbolic victory over the mafia in Italian history. Rakopoulos’s …
Exchange and Markets in Early Economic Development
Informal Economy in the Three New Guineas
Inbunden, 2023
1921 kr
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The idea of an informal economy emerged from, and is a critique of, the ideology of ‘economic development’. It originated from Keith Hart’s recognition of informal economic activity in 1960s Ghana. In the context of four colonialisms – German, British, Australian and Dutch – this book recounts …
Embodying Exchange
Materiality, Morality and Global Commodity Chains in Andean Commerce
Inbunden, 2024
1921 kr
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Addressing the infrastructural, social and legal complexities of a global commodity chain, this book uses an ethnographic analysis of the encounter between multinational corporations and popular traders in the Bolivian Andes. It offers a situated account of the everyday work of chain (un)making, …
Credit and Debt in an Unequal Society
Establishing a Consumer Credit Market in South Africa
Häftad, 2027
394 kr
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South Africa was one of the first countries in the Global South that established a financialized consumer credit market. This market consolidates rather than alleviates the extreme social inequality within a country. This book investigates the political reasons for adopting an allegedly …
Pedagogies of Value
Marketing Foreign Goods in China
Inbunden, 2026
1701 kr
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Pedagogies of Value explores how China is reshaping global hierarchies of worth. Through ethnographic research among marketers, consultants, and brokers who promote foreign goods in Shanghai, Beijing, and beyond, this book investigates how value is taught, contested, and transformed in everyday …
Land and the Mortgage
History, Culture, Belonging
Av Daivi Rodima-Taylor, Parker Shipton
Häftad, 2026
312 kr
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The mortgaging of land is not just economic and legal but also social and cultural. Here, anthropologists, historians, and economists explore origins, variations, and meanings of the land mortgage, and the risks to homes and livelihoods. Combining findings from archives, printed records, and live …
