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Märkte als soziale Strukturen
Campus Verlag 2007; US$ 27.17Hauptbeschreibung Märkte sind die bedeutendste Institution zur Steuerung kapitalistischer Ökonomien. Die Wirtschaftssoziologie untersucht das Markthandeln unter dem Aspekt der sozialen, kulturellen und politischen Einbettung der Akteure. Dieser Band versammelt erstmalig in deutscher Sprache Beiträge zur soziologischen Forschung über Märkte, unter... more...
Cooperation in Economy and Society
AltaMira Press 2010; US$ 89.99This book explores the burgeoning interest in human cooperation among anthropologists, political scientists, economists, evolutionary psychologists, and biologists. Though typically neglected, cooperation is a crucial part of the triangle of allocation, formed with competition and obedience. more...
World of Goods
Routledge 1996; US$ 52.95In this pioneering work, a leading anthropologist and an economist join forces to suggest that people use goods as a means of communicating with each other and illustrate how we can better understand the way this affects society. more...
A Handbook of Economic Anthropology
Edward Elgar Publishing 2005; US$ 60.00For 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. more...
Choice in Economic Contexts, Volume 25
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006; US$ 99.95This 25th volume in the "Research in Economic Anthropology" series contains 12 original papers, nine empirical ethnographic studies and three theoretical essays - all linked by a common concern with economic choice in various social and cultural situations, and authored by researchers in anthropology, economics, and sociology. The ethnographic studies... more...
Hunting and Gathering in the Corporate Tribe
Algora Publishing 2007; US$ 29.95A corporate anthropologist draws telling parallels between primitive tribal roles and life in todays corporation, and shows how to interpret and survive in that jungle. more...
Economic Action in Theory and Practice
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010; US$ 144.95This volume focuses on various aspects of economic organization and behaviour, mainly based on empirical fieldwork conducted by the authors themselves. It presents a well-balanced collection of chapters on economic issues studied anthropologically, in its geographical and theoretical focus and in showcasing work by established and emerging researchers. more...
Inside Organizations
Bloomsbury Publishing 2001; US$ 109.95Anthropologists are increasingly turning their attention to the study of Western organizations. This book highlights the practical, political and ethical dimensions of research in work places from museums to multinational businesses, addressing issues such as gender and politics. more...
Money and the Morality of Exchange
Cambridge University Press 1989; US$ 34.00This volume deals with the way in which money is symbolically represented in a range of different cultures, from South and South-east Asia, Africa and South America. It is also concerned with the moral evaluation of monetary and commercial exchanges as against exchanges of other kinds. The essays cast radical doubt on many Western assumptions about... more...









