Choice in Economic Contexts

Ethnographic and Theoretical Enquiries

By: Donald Wood (Editor)

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Hardcover | 9 November 2006

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This 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 present data collected in Mexico, Paraguay, Columbia, Greece, Morocco, Egypt, Thailand, Taiwan, and Japan. Part I of the volume focuses on work migration, a theme that has received much attention of late. Papers in Part II are concerned with various manifestations of markets and market forces in everyday life, and associated individual, group, or corporate action. Part III consists of studies on economic development, market expansion, and community-wide impacts in Latin America. Finally, papers in Part IV share a common concern with the works of noted economic historian Karl Polanyi, which have influenced researchers in economic anthropology, economics, and sociology in many different ways.
*Contains 12 original papers, including 9 ethnographic studies
*Research is global in scope and includes European, Asian, African, and American countries
*Special attention is given to Latin American countries and the work of economic historian Karl Polanyi

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List of Contributors	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Migration and Labor
Migration in Times of Globalization: The Central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico	p. 27
Social Conditions of Foreign Laborers in a Meatpacking Factory in Rural Southern Taiwan	p. 51
To Hire an "Albanian": Household Economy and Immigration in Rural Greece	p. 75
Markets and Marketing
"This is Different, this is the Plaza": Space, Gender, and Tactics in the Work of Moroccan Tourist Sector Henna Artisans	p. 99
Economic Anthropology of Bangkok Go-Go Bars: Risk and Opportunity in a Bazaar-Type Market for Interpersonally Embedded Services	p. 125
Transnational Consumer Goods Corporations in Egypt: Reaching Towards the Mass Market	p. 151
Conceptualizations of Death in a Commercial Context: The Funeral Business in Present-Day Japan	p. 173
Local Responses to Market Shifts and Expansion in Latin America
The Effect of Infrastructure Development on Fictive Kin Choice Patterns in Rural Paraguay	p. 201
Wayuu Crafts: A Dilemma of Culture and Development	p. 217
Karl Polanyi and the Critique of Formalism in Economic Analysis
Karl Polanyi on the Limitations of Formalism in Economics	p. 241
Choice and the Substantivist/Formalist Debate: A Formal Presentation of Three Substantivist Criticisms	p. 267
The End of Potlatch: An Anthropological Approach to Nostromo	p. 285
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