Cooperation in economy and society / edited by Robert. C. Marshall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marshall, Robert C., 1948-

Series:

Society for Economic Anthropology monographs ; v. 28.

Society for Economic Anthropology monograph series ; v. 28

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooperation.

Cooperative societies.

Institutional cooperation.

Economic anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This 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.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; PART I. COOPERATION AND COMPETITION; Chapter 1. From Reciprocity to Trade: How Cooperative Infrastructures Form the Basis of Human Socioeconomic Evolution; Chapter 2. Market Integration and Prosocial Behavior: Evidence from the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample; Chapter 3. Critique of Reciprocity: Shifting Uses and Meanings of Ayni among Andean Groups; Chapter 4. Commerce and Cooperation among the Classic Maya: The Chunchucmil Case; PART II. COOPERATION AND HIERARCHY; Chapter 5. Cooperation in Conflict: Negotiating Inequality in Midwestern U.S. Hog Contracting

Chapter 6. Cooperation, Equality, and Difference: Loyalty and Accountability in Ghana's Marketplace Commodity Groups Chapter 7. Testing the Limits of Nonzero: Cooperation, Conflict, and Hierarchy in Ancient Near Eastern Marginal Environments; PART III. COOPERATION AND COOPERATIVES; Chapter 8. Cooperation in the Informal Economy: The Case of Recyclers at a Brazilian Garbage Dump; Chapter 9. Is It Possible to Overcome the"Tragedy of Ubuntu"?: The Journey of a Black Women's Economic Empowerment Group in South Africa

Chapter 10. The Normative Construction of U.S. Agricultural Cooperatives, 1900-2008 PART IV. COOPERATION RISING; Chapter 11. Creating Common Grazing Rights on Private Parcels:How New Rules Produce Incentives for Cooperative Land Management; Chapter 12. Cooperation and the Development of Conservation Laws: The Case of the Maine Lobster Industry; Index; About the Editor and Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

979-82-16-30793-8

1-282-92210-6

9786612922107

0-7591-1983-X

OCLC:

694362920