Engaging with capitalism cases from Oceania

For several decades people have been grappling with how to retain the material safety and cultural richness of indigenous non-capitalist societies and economies, but also gain the health, wealth, education and life opportunities the modern capitalist world offers. This book brings together examples...

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Other Authors McCormack, Fiona, 1970-, Barclay, Kate
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2013.
SeriesResearch in economic anthropology ; v. 33.
Subjects
Capitalism > Oceania.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781781905425
ISSN0190-1281 ;
DOI10.1108/S0190-1281(2013)33
Physical Description1 online resource (x, 357 p.) : ill.

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Table of Contents:
  • Insights on capitalism from Oceania / Fiona McCormack, Kate Barclay
  • Ownership and distribution in the settlement of Maori grievances : balancing historical and social justice between classes / Toon van Meijl
  • Commodities and gifts in New Zealand and Hawaiian fisheries / Fiona McCormack
  • Tivaivai and the managing of "community" funding in Auckland, New Zealand / Jane Horan
  • Local capitalisms and sustainability in coastal fisheries : cases from Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands / Kate Barclay, Jeff Kinch
  • "My land, my work" : business development and large-scale mining in Papua New Guinea / Nicholas A. Bainton, Martha Macintyre
  • Dividuals, individuals, or possessive individuals? : Recent transformations of north Mekeo commoditization, personhood, and sociality / Mark S. Mosko
  • Envy, desire, and economic engagement among the Bugkalot (Ilongot) of northern Luzon, Philippines / Shu-Yuan Yang
  • Baias, Bisnis, and Betel Nut : the place of traders in the making of a Melanesian market / Timothy L.M. Sharp
  • Capitalism among the me? / Anton Ploeg
  • The politics of remittance and the role of returning migrants : localizing capitalism in Manus Province, Papua New Guinea / Steffen Dalsgaard
  • Creating an alternative modernity in rural Papua New Guinea : the Irakia Awa Case / David J. Boyd
  • Development implications of the engagement with capitalism : improving the social returns of development / George N. Curry, Gina Koczberski.

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