Petty Capitalists And Globalization: Flexibility, Entrepreneurship, And Economic Development - Couverture rigide

 
9780791463994: Petty Capitalists And Globalization: Flexibility, Entrepreneurship, And Economic Development
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ISBN 10 : 0791463990 ISBN 13 : 9780791463994
Editeur : State University of New York Press, 2005

Synopsis

Examines how small firms, like large ones, are mobilizing to compete in a global economy.

Globalization is often seen as driven by large corporations and supranational organizations. Enterprises operated by petty capitalists may be small, but there is nothing petty about their significance for the operation of economies or our understanding of contemporary societies, families, and localities. Petty Capitalism and Globalization uses ethnographic research to examine how small firms in Europe, Asia, and Latin America have been compelled to operate and compete in a fast-moving transnational economic environment. From Nepalese rug makers to German bakers to Taiwanese memory chip designers, these fascinating case studies delve into the complex situation of petty capitalists, often ambiguously situated between capital and labor, cooperation and exploitation, family and economy, tradition and modernity, friends and competitors. Understanding the position of petty capitalists in a global economy provides lessons in the potential and limitations of promoting small firms and entrepreneurship as a route to sustainable development.

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À propos de l?auteur

Alan Smart and Josephine Smart are Professors of Anthropology at the University of Calgary. Alan Smart is the author of Making Room: Squatter Clearance in Hong Kong. Josephine Smart is the author of The Political Economy of Street Hawkers in Hong Kong and the coeditor (with Martha W. Rees) of Plural Globalities in Multiple Localities: New World Borders.

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Éditeur
State University of New York Press
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0791463990
ISBN 13 
9780791463994
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
325
Éditeur
Smart Alan, Smart Josephine
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0791464008 ISBN 13 :  9780791464007
Editeur : State University of New York Press, 2006
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