Flexible Capitalism: Exchange and Ambiguity at Work (EASA, Band 25)

ISBN 10: 1782386157 ISBN 13: 9781782386155

Verlag: Berghahn Books, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

Approaching "work" as at heart a practice of exchange, this volume explores sociality in work environments marked by the kind of structural changes that have come to define contemporary "flexible" capitalism. It introduces anthropological exchange theory to a wider readership, and shows how the perspective offers new ways to enquire about the flexible capitalism's social dimensions. The essays contribute to a trans-disciplinary scholarship on contemporary economic practice and change by documenting how, across diverse settings, "gift-like" socialities proliferate, and even sustain the intensified flexible commoditization that more commonly is touted as tearing social relations apart. By interrogating a keenly debated contemporary work regime through an approach to sociality rooted in a rich and distinct anthropological legacy, the volume also makes a novel contribution to the anthropological literature on work and on exchange.

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Jens Kjaerulff is a social anthropologist whose publications include Internet and Change: an Anthropology of Knowledge and Flexible Work (Intervention Press, 2010). He has held positions at Simon Fraser University, University of Victoria, and University of Manchester, and is conducting independent research and serving as a consultant PhD supervisor.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1782386157
• ISBN 13: 9781782386155
• Einband: Bibliothekseinband
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 296
• Herausgeber: Kjaerulff Jens
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Europaallee 1; Bad Hersfeld; 36244; Deutschland