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Oikos and Market
Explorations in Self-Sufficiency after Socialism
Av Stephen Gudeman, Chris Hann
Inbunden, 2015
1921 kr
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Self-sufficiency of the house is practiced in many parts of the world but ignored in economic theory, just as socialist collectivization is assumed to have brought household self-sufficiency to an end. The ideals of self-sufficiency, however, continue to shape economic activity in a wide range of …
When Things Become Property
Land Reform, Authority and Value in Postsocialist Europe and Asia
Av Thomas Sikor, Stefan Dorondel m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
1921 kr
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Governments have conferred ownership titles to many citizens throughout the world in an effort to turn things into property. Almost all elements of nature have become the target of property laws, from the classic preoccupation with land to more ephemeral material, such as air and genetic resources. …
Economy and Ritual
Studies of Postsocialist Transformations
Av Stephen Gudeman, Chris Hann
Häftad, 2017
295 kr
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According to accepted wisdom, rational practices and ritual action are opposed. Rituals drain wealth from capital investment and draw on a mode of thought different from practical ideas. The studies in this volume contest this view. Comparative, historical, and contemporary, the six ethnographies …
When Things Become Property
Land Reform, Authority and Value in Postsocialist Europe and Asia
Av Thomas Sikor, Stefan Dorondel m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
271 kr
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Governments have conferred ownership titles to many citizens throughout the world in an effort to turn things into property. Almost all elements of nature have become the target of property laws, from the classic preoccupation with land to more ephemeral material, such as air and genetic resources. …
Industrial Labor on the Margins of Capitalism
Precarity, Class and the Neoliberal Subject
Inbunden, 2018
2077 kr
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Bringing together ethnographic case studies of industrial labor from different parts of the world, Industrial Labor on the Margins of Capitalism explores the increasing casualization of workforces and the weakening power of organized labor. This division owes much to state policies and is reflected …
Oikos and Market
Explorations in Self-Sufficiency after Socialism
Av Stephen Gudeman, Chris Hann
Häftad, 2018
301 kr
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Self-sufficiency of the house is practiced in many parts of the world but ignored in economic theory, just as socialist collectivization is assumed to have brought household self-sufficiency to an end. The ideals of self-sufficiency, however, continue to shape economic activity in a wide range of …
Market Frictions
Trade and Urbanization at the Vietnam-China Border
Inbunden, 2019
1701 kr
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Based on ethnographic research conducted during several years, Market Frictions examines the tensions and frictions that emerge from the interaction of global market forces, urban planning policies, and small-scale trading activities in the Vietnamese border city of Lao Cai. Here, it is revealed …
Financialization
Relational Approaches
Av Chris Hann, Don Kalb
Inbunden, 2020
1979 kr
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Beginning with an original historical vision of financialization in human history, this volume then continues with a rich set of contemporary ethnographic case studies from Europe, Asia and Africa. Authors explore the ways in which finance inserts itself into relationships of class and kinship, how …
Industrial Labor on the Margins of Capitalism
Precarity, Class, and the Neoliberal Subject
Häftad, 2022
295 kr
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Bringing together ethnographic case studies of industrial labor from different parts of the world, Industrial Labor on the Margins of Capitalism explores the increasing casualization of workforces and the weakening power of organized labor. This division owes much to state policies and is reflected …
Work, Society, and the Ethical Self
Chimeras of Freedom in the Neoliberal Era
Av Chris Hann
Inbunden, 2021
1921 kr
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Primarily on the basis of ethnographic case-studies from around the world, this volume links investigations of work to questions of personal and professional identity and social relations. In the era of digitalized neoliberalism, particular attention is paid to notions of freedom, both collective …
Moral Economy at Work
Ethnographic Investigations in Eurasia
Inbunden, 2021
1921 kr
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The idea of a moral economy has been explored and assessed in numerous disciplines. The anthropological studies in this volume provide a new perspective to this idea by showing how the relations of workers, employees and employers, and of firms, families and households are interwoven with local …
Wine Is Our Bread
Labour and Value in Moldovan Winemaking
Av Daniela Ana
Inbunden, 2022
1701 kr
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Based on ethnographic work in a Moldovan winemaking village, Wine Is Our Bread shows how workers in a prestigious winery have experienced the country’s recent entry into the globalized wine market and how their productive activities at home and in the winery contribute to the value of commercial …
Thrift and its Paradoxes
From Domestic to Political Economy
Av Catherine Alexander, Daniel Sosna
Inbunden, 2022
1921 kr
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Thrift is a central concern for most people, especially in turbulent economic times. It is both an economic and an ethical logic of frugal living, saving and avoiding waste for long-term kin care. These logics echo the ancient ideal of household self-sufficiency, contrasting with capitalism’s …
Financialization
Relational Approaches
Av Chris Hann, Don Kalb
Häftad, 2023
303 kr
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Beginning with an original historical vision of financialization in human history, this volume then continues with a rich set of contemporary ethnographic case studies from Europe, Asia and Africa. Authors explore the ways in which finance inserts itself into relationships of class and kinship, how …
Theorizing Entrepreneurship for the Future
Stories from Global Frontiers
Inbunden, 2023
1880 kr
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Presenting a new interpretation of entrepreneurial behaviour, this book focuses on how entrepreneurs consider the future, looking at their social practices, language and rituals through which they neutralize or smoothen future unknowns. The study theorizes entrepreneurial behaviour as …
Broken Glass, Broken Class
Transformations of Work in Bulgaria
Inbunden, 2023
1921 kr
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Based on a long-term study of the everyday postsocialist politics of labour in the wider context of intense socio-economic transformation in Bulgaria, this book tells the story of the flexibilization of production, the precaritization of work, shifting managerial practices, and ways in which people …
Moral Economy at Work
Ethnographic Investigations in Eurasia
Häftad, 2023
301 kr
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The idea of a moral economy has been explored and assessed in numerous disciplines. The anthropological studies in this volume provide a new perspective to this idea by showing how the relations of workers, employees and employers, and of firms, families and households are interwoven with local …
Wine Is Our Bread
Labour and Value in Moldovan Winemaking
Av Daniela Ana
Häftad, 2024
295 kr
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Based on ethnographic work in a Moldovan winemaking village, Wine Is Our Bread shows how workers in a prestigious winery have experienced the country’s recent entry into the globalized wine market and how their productive activities at home and in the winery contribute to the value of commercial …
One Hundred Years of Argonauts
Malinowski, Ethnography and Economic Anthropology
Inbunden, 2024
2123 kr
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Malinowski’s Argonauts of the Western Pacific was a major contribution to anthropological theory and method, while simultaneously establishing the sub-field of economic anthropology. Even a century after its publication, Malinowski’s pioneering work remains critical for anthropology in a …
Theorizing Entrepreneurship for the Future
Stories from Global Frontiers
Häftad, 2026
386 kr
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Presenting a new interpretation of entrepreneurial behaviour, this book focuses on how entrepreneurs consider the future, looking at their social practices, language and rituals through which they neutralize or smoothen future unknowns. The study theorizes entrepreneurial behaviour as …
One Hundred Years of Argonauts
Malinowski, Ethnography and Economic Anthropology
Häftad, 2025
307 kr
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Malinowski’s Argonauts of the Western Pacific was a major contribution to anthropological theory and method, while simultaneously establishing the sub-field of economic anthropology. Even a century after its publication, Malinowski’s pioneering work remains critical for anthropology in a …
