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People, Money and Power in the Economic Crisis

Perspectives from the Global South
The Human Economy, Band 1 1. Aufl.

von: Keith Hart, John Sharp
38,99 €
Verlag:	Berghahn Books
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	01.10.2014
ISBN/EAN:	9781782384687
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	246

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Titelbeschreibung

The Cold War was fought between “state socialism” and “the free market.” That fluctuating relationship between public power and private money continues today, unfolding in new and unforeseen ways during the economic crisis. Nine case studies -- from Southern Africa, South Asia, Brazil, and Atlantic Africa – examine economic life from the perspective of ordinary people in places that are normally marginal to global discourse, covering a range of class positions from the bottom to the top of society. The authors of these case studies examine people’s concrete economic activities and aspirations. By looking at how people insert themselves into the actual, unequal economy, they seek to reflect human unity and diversity more fully than the narrow vision of conventional economics.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface: The Human Economy Project Keith Hart and John Sharp
 <a>Introduction</a> Keith Hart and John Sharp 
 Chapter 1. After the Big Clean-up: Street Vendors, the Informal Economy and Employment Policy in Zimbabwe Busani Mpofu
 Chapter 2. Immoral Accumulation and the Human Economy of  Death in Venda Fraser McNeill 
 Chapter 3. ‘Letting Money Work for Us’: Self-organization and Financialization from Below in an All-male Savings Club in Soweto Detlev Krige
 Chapter 4. Market, Race and Nation: History of the White Working Class in Pretoria John Sharp
 Chapter 5. Negotiating Inequality: the Contemporary Black Middle Classes in Salvador, Brazil Doreen Gordon
 Chapter 6. Live Music in the Age of Digital Reproduction: Cape Verde Juliana Braz Dias
 Chapter 7. Congo-Gauteng: Congolese Migrants in South Africa Saint-José Inaka and Joseph Trapido
 Chapter 8. Neither Nationals nor Cosmopolitans: the Political Economy of Belonging for Mozambican Indians Jason Sumich
 Chapter 9. Marwari Traders between Hindu Neoliberalism and Democratic Socialism in Nepal Mallika Shakya
 References Notes on Contributors Index

Autorenportrait

Keith Hart is a co-director of the Human Economy Program at the University of Pretoria and Centennial Professor of Economic Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His recent books include The Human Economy: A Citizen’s Guide (with Jean-Louis Laville and Antonio David Cattani, 2010) and Economic Anthropology: History, Ethnography, Critique (with Chris Hann, 2011).