A sociological examination of the gift economy : envisioning the future

With the advent of colonialism and the monetarized market economy, the gift economy, once a widely embedded cultural and economic practice, has become a niche of modern diplomacy, often serving as the means for corruption rather than human connection. In presenting an overview of the history and dev...

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Main Author Katunarić, Vjeran (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2023.
Subjects
Reciprocity (Commerce) > Sociological aspects.
Gifts > Economic aspects.
Gifts > Sociological aspects.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781804551196
DOI10.1108/9781804551172
Physical Description1 online resource (232 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The empire meets the gift economy
  • Chapter 2. Was the gift economy a long prelude to the market economy?
  • Chapter 3. The history and classifications of the gift economy
  • Chapter 4. Theoretical approaches to the gift economy
  • Chapter 5. Can a mosaic of different economies be sustainable?
  • Chapter 6. Some personal experiences with gifts: banal, tempting, fascinating
  • Chapter 7. The quest for an alternative infrastructure of the gift economy: nonlinear time and evolution
  • Chapter 8. The persistence of an inappropriate economy and power: the (too) long nineteenth century
  • Chapter 9. A forgotten economy
  • Chapter 10. The fall into the abyss or cargo from distant neighbors?
  • Conclusions.

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