New Directions in Economic Anthropology, livre ebook

Using an historical perspective, Narotzky highlights the interdependent nature of the contemporary world economy, and includes case studies of Western societies. She gives special emphasis to current issues such as the anthropology of work, the informal economy, and the cultures of industrialisation.
Introduction

1. Production

The ecosystem

Technological processes

Access to resources

The question of 'work' in western societies

2. Distribution and exchange

Forms of Reciprocity and Redistribution

Exchange

Circulation

Market culture or market system?

3. Consumption

Defining consumption

The consumption unit

What happens within the consumption unit?

Beyond the domestic group boundaries

Producing while consuming

4. Social reproduction

Production and reproduction

5. Conclusion

Local culture and economic models

The case study. Local processes in the construction of labour/ capital relations

Models of analysis for a 'New Economic Organisation'

Work experiences and labour/ capital relations

Rethinking proletarianisation and class

Bibliography

Index