People, Money and Power in the Economic Crisis
Perspectives from the Global South
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…
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Weitere Autoren: Sharp, John (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-78238-468-7
- EAN: 9781782384687
- Produktnummer: 21411811
- Verlag: Berghahn Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 246 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'818 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
- Reihenbandnummer: 1
Über den Autor
John Sharp is Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Pretoria and South Africa Director and International Director of the Human Economy Program. He taught at the Universities of Cape Town and Stellenbosch. He has published on the mission reserves of Northern Cape Province, the Bantustan of Qwaqwa, on the white Afrikaans-speaking inhabitants of Pretoria, and on the history of South African anthropology.
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