A Handbook of Economic Anthropology
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84542-952-2 (ISBN)
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For more than a century, anthropologists have studied the economic lives and institutions of people around the world. The results of their research and reflection on economy have generally stayed within the discipline and have not been available in an accessible form to a broader readership. This major reference book is intended to correct this.This unique Handbook contains substantial and invaluable summary discussions of work on economic processes and issues, and on the relationship between economic and non-economic areas of life. Furthermore it describes conceptual orientations that are important among economic anthropologists, and presents summaries of key issues in the anthropological study of economic life in different regions of the world. Its scope and accessibility make it useful both to those who are interested in a particular topic and to those who want to see the breadth and fruitfulness of an anthropological study of economics.
Economists from a wide range of fields and perspectives - from heterodox to classical, and from industrial economics to economic psychology and sociology - will find much to engage them within this exciting Handbook, as will anthropologists drawn to the significant statements by senior figures in the field. Those involved in development projects will find this an invaluable reference work with which to gain greater understanding of and insight into the reasons for people's economic activities and decisions. The concise treatments of topics will provide invaluable teaching aids and reference for further reading by scholars at all levels of study.
Edited by James G. Carrier, Academic researcher and author in the field of anthropology
Contents:
Preface
Introduction
James G. Carrier
PART I: ORIENTATIONS
Introduction
1. Karl Polanyi
Barry L. Isaac
2. Anthropology, Political Economy and World-System Theory
J.S. Eades
3. Political Economy
Don Robotham
4. Decisions and Choices: The Rationality of Economic Actors
Sutti Oritz
5. Provisioning
Susana Narotzky
6. Community and Economy: Economy’s Base
Stephen Gudeman
PART II: ELEMENTS
Introduction
7. Property
Chris Hann
8. Labour
E. Paul Durrenberger
9. Industrial Work
Jonathan Parry
10. Money: One Anthropologist’s View
Keith Hart
11. Finance
Bill Maurer
12. Distribution and Redistribution
Thomas C. Patterson
13. Consumption
Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld
PART III: CIRCULATION
Introduction
14. Ceremonial Exchange
Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart
15. The Gift and Gift Economy
Yunxiang Yan
16. Barter
Patrick Heady
17. The Anthropology of Markets
Kalman Applbaum
18. One-Way Economic Transfers
Robert C. Hunt
PART IV: INTEGRATIONS
Introduction
19. Culture and Economy
Michael Blim
20. Gender
Maila Stivens
21. Economy and Religion
Simon Coleman
22. Economies of Ethnicity
Thomas Hylland Eriksen
23. Environment and Economy: Mutual Connections and Diverse Perspectives
Eric Hirsch
PART V: ISSUES
Introduction
24. Economic Anthropology and Ethics
Peter Luetchford
25. Households and their Markets in the Andes
Enrique Mayer
26. Peasants
Mark Harris
27. Value: Anthropological Theories of Value
David Graeber
28. Value: Economic Valuations and Environment Policy
Catherine Alexander
29. Anthropology and Development: The Uneasy Relationship
David Lewis
PART VI: REGIONS
Introduction
30. South America
Terry Roopnaraine
31. Africa South of the Sahara
Mahir Saul
32. The Near East
Julia Elyachar
33. South Asia
John Harriss
34. East Asia
J.S. Eades
35. Postsocialist Societies
Chris Hann
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 27.9.2006 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Cheltenham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84542-952-4 / 1845429524 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84542-952-2 / 9781845429522 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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