Economics and morality
Subtitle: anthropological approaches
By: edited by Katherine E. Browne and B. Lynne Milgram.
Contributors: Browne, Katherine E., 1953-; Milgram, B. Lynne 1948-; Society for Economic Anthropology (U.S.)
Series: Society for Economic Anthropology (SEA) monographs
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780759112018
Subjects: Economic anthropology -- Case studies; Economics -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Rethinking gifts and commodities : reciprocity, recognition, and the morality of exchange / Joel Robbins; title: The grift : getting burned in the northern Malagasy sapphire trade; title: Andrew walsh; title: Maya daykeepers : new spiritual clients and the morality of making money / Walter E. Little; title: Extreme gifting : the moral economy of a community school / Rhoda H. Halperin; title: Thiefing a chance : moral meanings of theft in a Trinidadian garment factory / Rebecca Prentice; title: Patriotism, profits and waste : the moral dimensions of low-level radioactive disposal in Texas / Cynthia Werner; title: Virtue at the checkout till : salvation economics in Kenyan flower fields / Catherine S. Dolan; title: Beyond CSR : dilemmas and paradoxes of ethical conduct in transnational organizations / Christina Garsten and Tor Hernes; title: I am the conscience of the company : responsibility and the gift in a transnational mining corporation / Dinah Rajak; title: Moral behavior in stock markets : Islamic finance and socially responsible investment / Aaron Z. Pitluck; title: Moral economies, economic moralities : consider the possibilities! / Bill Maurer.