Economic Persuasions by Stephen Gudeman (English) Paperback Book

Description: Economic Persuasions by Stephen Gudeman As the transition from socialism to a market economy gathered speed in the early 1990s, many people proclaimed the final success of capitalism as a practice and neoliberal economics as its accompanying science. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description As the transition from socialism to a market economy gathered speed in the early 1990s, many people proclaimed the final success of capitalism as a practice and neoliberal economics as its accompanying science. But with the uneven achievements of the "transition"—the deepening problems of "development," persistent unemployment, the widening of the wealth gap, and expressions of resistance—the discipline of economics is no longer seen as a mirror of reality or as a unified science. How should we understand economics and, more broadly, the organization and disorganization of material life? In this book, international scholars from anthropology and economics adopt a rhetorical perspective in order to make sense of material life and the theories about it. Re-examining central problems in the two fields and using ethnographic and historical examples, they explore the intersections between these disciplines, contrast their methods and epistemologies, and show how a rhetorical approach offers a new mode of analysis while drawing on established contributions. Author Biography Stephen Gudeman received his PhD in Anthropology from Cambridge University and his MBA from the Harvard Business School. He is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Minnesota and has carried out fieldwork in Panama, Colombia, Guatemala, and Cuba. He works at the intersection of anthropology and economics. His books include The Anthropology of Economy (Blackwell), Conversations in Colombia, with Alberto Rivera (Cambridge University Press), Economics as Culture (Routledge), The Demise of a Rural Economy (Routledge), and Economys Tension (Berghahn). Table of Contents PrefaceStephen GudemanChapter 1. IntroductionStephen GudemanChapter 2. Simplicity in economic anthropology: Persuasion, form and substanceJames G. CarrierChapter 3. The concept of interest as rhetoric – or as a useful social science concept?Richard SwedbergChapter 4. The new social science imperialism and the problem of knowledge in contemporary economicsWilliam MilbergChapter 5. The persuasions of economicsStephen GudemanChapter 6. Conversations between anthropologists and economistsMetin CosgelChapter 7. "The craving for intelligibility:" Speech and silence on the economy under structural adjustment and military rule in NigeriaJane Guyer with LaRay DenzerChapter 8. Mass-gifts: On gifts in advanced capitalist marketsNurit Bird-David and Asaf DarrChapter 9. The persuasive power of moneyKeith HartChapter 10. The money rhetoric in the United StatesRuben George OlivenChapter 11. The third way: A cultural economic perspectiveArjo KlamerBibliographyIndex Review "The volume features contributions from an impressive array of scholars operating at the borders between anthropology, sociology, and economics, and offers much to interest scholars from each of these disciplines." · JRAI Review Quote "The volume features contributions from an impressive array of scholars operating at the borders between anthropology, sociology, and economics, and offers much to interest scholars from each of these disciplines."JRAI Details ISBN0857456636 Publisher Berghahn Books Series Studies in Rhetoric and Culture Year 2012 ISBN-10 0857456636 ISBN-13 9780857456632 Format Paperback Imprint Berghahn Books Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Stephen Gudeman DEWEY 306.3 Short Title ECONOMIC PERSUASIONS Language English Media Book Illustrations black & white illustrations Author Stephen Gudeman Pages 238 Series Number 3 UK Release Date 2012-06-01 Publication Date 2012-06-01 AU Release Date 2012-06-01 NZ Release Date 2012-06-01 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:44389607;

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