Cooperation in economy and society /

This book explores the burgeoning interest in human cooperation among anthropologists, political scientists, economists, evolutionary psychologists, and biologists. Though typically neglected, cooperation is a crucial part of the triangle of allocation, formed with competition and obedience.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Marshall, Robert C., 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Alta Mira Press, ©2010.
Colección:Society for Economic Anthropology monographs ; v. 28.
Temas:
Cooperation.
Cooperative societies.
Institutional cooperation.
Economic anthropology.
Coopératives.
Coopération institutionnelle.
Anthropologie économique.
cooperatives (business enterprises)
cooperative stores (built works)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Cooperation
Cooperative societies
Economic anthropology
Institutional cooperation
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction; PART I. COOPERATION AND COMPETITION; Chapter 1. From Reciprocity to Trade: How Cooperative Infrastructures Form the Basis of Human Socioeconomic Evolution; Chapter 2. Market Integration and Prosocial Behavior: Evidence from the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample; Chapter 3. Critique of Reciprocity: Shifting Uses and Meanings of Ayni among Andean Groups; Chapter 4. Commerce and Cooperation among the Classic Maya: The Chunchucmil Case; PART II. COOPERATION AND HIERARCHY; Chapter 5. Cooperation in Conflict: Negotiating Inequality in Midwestern U.S. Hog Contracting
  • Chapter 6. Cooperation, Equality, and Difference: Loyalty and Accountability in Ghana's Marketplace Commodity Groups Chapter 7. Testing the Limits of Nonzero: Cooperation, Conflict, and Hierarchy in Ancient Near Eastern Marginal Environments; PART III. COOPERATION AND COOPERATIVES; Chapter 8. Cooperation in the Informal Economy: The Case of Recyclers at a Brazilian Garbage Dump; Chapter 9. Is It Possible to Overcome the"Tragedy of Ubuntu"?: The Journey of a Black Women's Economic Empowerment Group in South Africa
  • Chapter 10. The Normative Construction of U.S. Agricultural Cooperatives, 1900-2008 PART IV. COOPERATION RISING; Chapter 11. Creating Common Grazing Rights on Private Parcels:How New Rules Produce Incentives for Cooperative Land Management; Chapter 12. Cooperation and the Development of Conservation Laws: The Case of the Maine Lobster Industry; Index; About the Editor and Contributors

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