ISBN:
9780415330190
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (305 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Themes in Economic Anthropology
DDC:
301.5
Keywords:
Economic anthropology
;
Economic anthropology
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
The main focus of the volume - the processes of choice and decision-making in different economic systems - offers exceptional scope for the convergence of economic and anthropological perspectives. It concentrates on transactions that both express and influence social relationships and values. 〈BR〉 Covering a wide geographic area there are specific studies on societies in Equatorial Africa, Colombia, South India and the Balkans.〈BR〉 First published in 1967
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Editor's Preface; RAYMOND FIRTH; Themes in Economic Anthropology: A General Comment; Economic viewpoints; Economics of the gift; Problems of valuation; Economic anthropology in the modern world; Notes; References; LEONARD JOY; One Economist's View of the Relationship betweenEconomics and Anthropology; Social and economic determinants of behaviour; Implications of economic models for anthropology; Relevance of economic analysis; Equilibrium analysis; Complexity of choice situations; Communication of anthropologists with economists; Notes; References
Description / Table of Contents:
RONALD FRANKENBERGEconomic Anthropology: One Anthropologist's View; A prefatory thought; What is economic anthropology?; Neo-classical views: e.g. the contribution of RaymondFirth; Berliner's critique; Attack I: Robbins Burling and the individual; Counter-attack I: Fredrik Barth, Robert Paine, andthe entrepreneurial process; Attack II: Dalton, Polanyi, and the inapplicability ofeconomic theory; Counter-attack II: Salisbury and the criterion oflabourtime; Counter-attack III: Scarlett Epstein on change in twopeasant villages in India; Attack III: Sahlins and the evolution of culture
Description / Table of Contents:
Conclusions - magnificent dynamicsNotes; References; PERCY S. COHEN; Economic Analysis and Economic Man: Some Commentson a Controversy; Introduction; A brief history of the debate; Types of economic analysis; Economic man and the social system; Conclusion; Notes; References; MARY DOUGLAS; Primitive Rationing: A Study in Controlled Exchange; Controlled and competitive economies; Primitive coupon systems; Discontinuity in the demand function; Controlled exchange; References; FREDRIK BARTH; Economic Spheres in Darfur; Physical background; Subsistence; Institutional forms; Economic spheres
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Patterns and alternatives of allocationPossibilities for growth; Spheres and barriers; Management and stratification; Discrepancies of evaluation; Innovating activity; Concluding remark; Notes; References; LEONARD JOY; An Economic Homologue of Barth's Presentation ofEconomic Spheres in Darfur; Analytical preliminaries; Explanation of the matrix; Value of matrix formulation; Quantification; Conclusion; Notes; References; SUTTI ORTIZ; The Structure of Decision-making among Indians ofColombia; Introduction; The Paez Indians; The organizational context of economic relations; Managerial decisions
Description / Table of Contents:
ConclusionsNotes; References; SCARLETT EPSTEIN; Productive Efficiency and Customary Systems of Rewardsin Rural South India; Introduction; The Jajmani system; Types of traditional labour relations; Customary systems of rewards and improved productiontechniques; Average product and customary rewards; Conclusion; Note; References; LORRAINE BARIC; Traditional Groups and New Economic Opportunities inRural Yugoslavia; The institutional framework; Alternative possibilities for economic action; Social variables; Flexibility in social manoeuvre; The decline of traditional zadrugas; Conclusion; Notes
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