Economics and morality : anthropological approaches / edited by Katherine E. Browne and B. Lynne Milgram.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Browne, Katherine E., 1953-

Milgram, B. Lynne (Barbara Lynne), 1948-

Society for Economic Anthropology (U.S.)

Series:

Society for Economic Anthropology monographs ; v. 26.

Society for Economic Anthropology monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic anthropology--Case studies.

Economic anthropology.

Economics--Moral and ethical aspects--Case studies.

Economics.

Economics--Moral and ethical aspects.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

x, 282 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : AltaMira Press, [2009]

Contents:

Rethinking gifts and commodities: reciprocity, recognition, and the morality of exchange / Joel Robbins

The grift: getting burned in the northern Malagasy sapphire trade / Andrew Walsh

Maya daykeepers: new spiritual clients and the morality of making money / Walter E. Little

Extreme gifting: the moral economy of a community school / Rhoda H. Halperin

Thiefing a chance: moral meanings of theft in a Trinidadian garment factory / Rebecca Prentice

Patriotism, profits, and waste: the moral dimensions of low-level radioactive waste disposal in Texas / Cynthia Werner

Virtue at the checkout till: salvation economics in Kenyan flower fields / Catherine S. Dolan

Beyond CSR: dilemmas and paradoxes of ethical conduct in transnational organizations / Christina Garsten and Tor Hernes

I am the conscience of the company: responsibility and the gift in a transnational mining corporation / Dinah Rajak

Moral behavior in stock markets: Islamic finance and socially responsible investment / Aaron Z. Pitluck

Afterword: Moral economies, economic moralities: consider the possibilities! / Bill Maurer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780759112018

0759112010

OCLC:

226966603