Markets and market liberalization : ethnographic reflections /

Section headings in this work include: 'Migration and New Market Opportunities'; 'Socioeconomic Impacts of the Oil and Gas Industry Market on Gulf Coast Communities'; 'Local Responses to Market Liberalization'; and 'Negotiating Values in the Market'.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Werner, Cynthia Ann, 1967-, Dannhaeuser, Norbert, 1943-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier JAI, ©2006.
Colección:Research in economic anthropology ; v. 24.
Temas:
Economic anthropology.
Free enterprise > Social aspects.
Markets > Social aspects.
Petroleum industry and trade > Social aspects > Gulf States.
Anthropologie économique.
Pétrole > Industrie et commerce > Aspect social > États du Golfe (États-Unis)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Petroleum industry and trade > Social aspects.
Liberalisatie.
Markt.
United States > Gulf States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • List of Contributors
  • Introduction
  • References
  • Part I: Migration and New Market Opportunities
  • Overseas Contract Labor, Remittances, and Household Consumption: A Case Study from San Fernando City, the Philippines
  • Introduction
  • Overview
  • Issues
  • Responses
  • Questions
  • Objectives
  • Setting
  • Methodology
  • Findings
  • Discussion
  • Future Considerations
  • Summary and Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Hawkers and Containers in Zarya Vostoka: How "Bizarre" is the Post-Soviet Bazaar?
  • The Bazaar: Conceptual Uses
  • From "Barakholka" to "Bazaar": A Post-Socialist Transformation
  • Hawkers and Containers
  • Business Organization and Economics
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Part II: Socioeconomic Impacts of the Oil and Gas Industry Market on Gulf Coast Communities
  • Oil and Gas in South Louisiana
  • Introduction
  • Background and Methods
  • The Communities and the Growth of the Industry
  • The Global Economy at the Turn of the Century
  • A preview
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Work and Change in the Gulf of Mexico Offshore Petroleum Industry
  • Introduction
  • Background
  • The Structure of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry
  • The Nature and Conditions of Offshore Work
  • Responses by Management and Workers
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • The Footprint of the Offshore Oil Industry on Community Institutions
  • Introduction
  • Problematic of "Community": Boomtowns, Boundaries, and Baselines
  • Oil Industry Impacts on Local Health Care Institutions
  • Maintaining Community Viability: City Plans and Strategies
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Women's Work and Lives in Offshore Oil
  • Introduction
  • The Region: Southern Louisiana
  • Women and Work
  • Women in the World of Offshore Oil and Gas
  • Why Work in the Offshore Industry in the Gulf of Mexico?
  • Establishing Relationships with Male Workers
  • Linking with other Women
  • Discussion and Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Part III: Local Responses to Market Liberalization
  • La Victoria Comprometida: Reflections on Neoliberalism from a Santiago Población
  • Introduction
  • Setting the Stage
  • Twentieth Century Chile
  • A Conflictual History
  • The Toma
  • The Allende Years: 1970-1973
  • Military Dictatorship: Power of Force and Fear
  • Resisting the Regime
  • Dubious Democracy: Transition, Contradiction, and Contestation
  • Notes
  • References
  • Domestic Labor in Globalized Tepoztlán: From a Gendered Labor Process Standpoint
  • Introduction
  • Toward a New Synthesis
  • The Economic Setting
  • Case Studies
  • Observations
  • Notes
  • References
  • The Movement for an Economy of Solidarity: Urban Agriculture and Local Exchange Trading Systems in Quebec
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