Elgar encyclopedia of economic anthropology

edited by Cristina Grasseni (Professor of Cultural Anthropology), Erik Bähre (Associate Professor, Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Leiden University, the Netherlands), Douglas R. Holmes (Distinguished Professor, Department of Anthropology, Binghamton University, USA) and Coco Kanters (Assistant Professor, School of Liberal Arts, Utrecht University, the Netherlands)

"This Encyclopedia presents insights into societal change through the lens of economic anthropology. Interdisciplinary in scope, it outlines emerging themes in the field and explicitly connects theoretical debates to in-depth empirical evidence. Experts in the field provide ethnographic examples to explore contemporary and pioneering works in cultural and social economic analysis, looking ahead to the future of economic anthropology. Building on the history of the discipline, the Encyclopedia captures the latest concepts and examines how they can be used to develop new ways of thinking about the economy. Key Features: - Highlights how conflict in society is related to capitalism, markets, and values - Showcases new lines of inquiry through innovative studies from diverse scholarly and geographical areas - Analyzes the relationship between theory and method, shedding light on the function of the economy as part of society and culture - 57 entries covering varied themes including energy, climate finance, responsible innovation, gender, entrepreneurship, and international development The Elgar Encyclopedia of Economic Anthropology is a vital reference for scholars and students of anthropology, social sciences, and economic psychology. It is also a beneficial resource for policy-makers and practitioners in economics and finance"--

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Year of publication:	2025 ; First edition
Other Persons:	Grasseni, Cristina (ed.) ; Bähre, Erik (ed.) ; Holmes, Douglas R. (ed.) ; Kanters, Coco (ed.)
Institutions:	Edward Elgar Publishing (publisher)
Publisher:	Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
Subject:	Capitalism And Culture \| Markets And Society \| Economies And States \| Ethnography \| Moralities And Values \| Anthropological Theory \| Wirtschaftskultur \| Economic culture \| Anthropologie \| Anthropology \| Kapitalismus \| Capitalism \| Wirtschaftssoziologie \| Economic sociology \| Ethnologie \| Ethnology \| Wirtschaftswissenschaft \| Economics \| Ethik \| Ethics \| Welt \| World
Published items:	66 hits in ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (324 pages)
Series:	Elgar encyclopedias in the social sciences series
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatzsammlung
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Contents: Introduction: The porous boundaries of a discipline / Cristina Grasseni, Erik Bähre, Douglas R. Holmes, and Coco Kanters -- Part I: Natural resources -- Introduction: Natural resources / Erik Bähre -- 1. Valuing nature / Marja Spierenburg -- 2. Value in post-conflict landscapes / Paola Filippucci -- 3. Gold mining / Sabine Luning -- 4. Energy / Cymene Howe -- 5. Crisis / Tim van de Meerendonk -- 6. Climate finance / Aneil Tripathy -- 7. Water as frontier of financialization / Andrea Muehlebach -- 8. Subsistence decision making / Bram Tucker -- Part II: Corporations and emerging markets -- Introduction: Corporations and emerging markets / Douglas R. Holmes -- 1. The corporation / David A. Westbrook -- 2. The curious case of cooperatives / Lilith Mahmud -- 3. Video games / Joshua Reno -- 4. Special economic zones / Patrick Neveling -- 5. Alternative currency designers / Coco Kanters -- 6. Islam and capitalism / Daromir Rudnyckyj -- 7. Christianity, finance, and new market experts / Anna-Riikka Kauppinen -- 8. Insurance / Erik Bähre -- Part III: Economies of care -- Introduction: Economies of care / Cristina Grasseni -- 1. Care / Tabea Häberlein and Erdmute Alber -- 2. Food cooperatives / Celia Plender -- 3. The economy of hope / Hirokazu Miyazaki -- 4. Solidarity economy: From economic framework to worlding politics / Boone W. Shear -- 5. Exhaustion / Federico De Musso -- 6. Food banks / Ewa Kopczyńska -- 7. Self-help groups in the age of fintech / Daivi Rodima-Taylor -- 8. Alternative food networks and karl polanyi / Maris Boyd Gillette -- Part IV: Scale and global circulations -- Introduction: Scale and global circulations / Cristina Grasseni -- 1. Global hierarchy of value / Michael Herzfeld -- 2. Commodity certification and cultural valorization in global markets / Joana Nascimento -- 3. Container capitalism / Hege Høyer Leivestad -- 4. Violence and the global economy / Antonius C. G. M. Robben -- 5. Responsible (research and) innovation / Jonathan P. Hankins -- 6. Making / Cristina Grasseni -- 7. Entrepreneurship and the future / Joost Beuving -- Part V: Economies of statecraft -- Introduction: Economies of statecraft / Erik Bähre -- 1. Technology of money / Douglas R. Holmes -- 2. Economies of international development / Maia Green -- 3. Post-peasants of eastern Europe / Juraj Buzalka -- 4. Retail finance, mortgage lending, and risk / Marek Mikus -- 5. Governing the fiscal subject / Nicolette Makovicky -- 6. Fiscal politics / Robin Smith -- 7. Deservingness / Andreas Streinzer and Jelena Tosić -- Part VI: Gendered economic relations -- Introduction: Gendered economic relations / Erik Bähre -- 1. Key symbols of gender and money / Sibel Kusimba -- 2. Queer marxian perspectives / Andreas Streinzer and Ryan Davey -- 3. Post-work / Mathias Levi Toft Kristiansen -- 4. Family businesses and businesses as family / Elena Sischarenco -- 5. Divorce / Norah Kiereri -- 6. Dignity / Loïc Pignolo -- 7. The values of life / Irene Moretti -- Part VII: Infrastructure, technology and digitalization -- Introduction: Infrastructure, technology, digitalization / Douglas R. Holmes -- 1. Ports, infrastructure, and logistics / Vinzenz Bäumer Escobar -- 2. Private equity / Daniel Scott Souleles -- 3. Digital money / Gustav Peebles -- 4. Bottom lines and below-the-lines on the film set / Jackson Francis Malle -- 5. The right to the city and informal housing / Sven da Silva -- 6. Payment systems / Bill Maurer -- Part VIII: Skill, labour, and precarity -- Introduction: Skill, labour, and precarity / Cristina Grasseni -- 1. Criminal economies / Gabriel Feltran -- 2. Affective economies and post-socialisms / Tomasz Rakowski -- 3. Labor, class, and skill / Tom Martin -- 4. Working bodies / Rebecca Prentice -- 5. Precarity and poetry / Maghiel van Crevel -- 6. New labor struggles in the us rust belt / Sharryn Kasmir.
ISBN:	978-1-0353-1257-3 ; 978-1-0353-1256-6
Other identifiers:	10.4337/9781035312573 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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