Markets and Moralities - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1859735770 ISBN 13 : 9781859735770

Editeur : Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

Before the collapse of the Eastern Bloc, private marketeering was regarded not only as criminal, but even immoral by socialist regimes. Ten years after taking on board western market-orientated shock therapy, post-socialist societies are still struggling to come to terms with the clash between these deeply engrained moralities and the daily pressures to sell and consume. This book explores the new market and its resulting contradictions in a rapidly developing Eastern Europe and Russia. Will Western fast-food industries irrevocably alter local culinary practices? What effect has the privatization of land had upon ownership and exchange? What role do new commodities play within the household? Based on original, first-hand ethnography, this book is a long-awaited addition to existing literature on post-socialist societies. It will be essential reading for students of anthropology, sociology, European and cultural studies, as well as professional groups working in Eastern Europe and Russia, including NGOs, development organizations and businesses.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ruth Mandel Lecturer in Anthropology, University College London Caroline Humphrey Professor of Asian Anthropology, University of Cambridge

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1859735770
• ISBN 13: 9781859735770
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 254
• Éditeur: Humphrey Caroline, Mandel Ruth
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: WordUnited GmbH; distribution@wordunited.com; ; Theodorstrasse 105; DUSSELDORF; 40472; Allemagne