Economics and Morality Anthropological Approaches

, by Browne, Katherine E.; Milgram, B. Lynne; Dolan, Catherine S.; Garsten, Christina; Halperin, Rhoda H.; Hernes, Tor; Little, Walter E.; Maurer, Bill; Pitluck, Aaron Z.; Prentice, Rebecca; Rajak, Dinah; Robbins, Joel; Walsh, Andrew; Werner, Cynthia

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ISBN: 9780759112025 | 0759112029
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 9/16/2009

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In Economics and Morality, the authors seek to illuminate the multiple kinds of analyses relating morality and economic behavior in particular kinds of economic systems.

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List of Figures and Tables	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Economics and Morality: Introduction	p. 1
The Stakes of Morality, Reciprocity, and Change
Rethinking Gifts and Commodities: Reciprocity, Recognition, and the Morality of Exchange	p. 43
The Grift: Getting Burned in the Northern Malagasy Sapphire Trade	p. 59
Maya Daykeepers: New Spiritual Clients and the Morality of Making Money	p. 77
Moral Agency inside Market Logic
Extreme Gifting: The Moral Economy of a Community School	p. 101
"Thiefing a Chance": Moral Meanings of Theft in a Trinidadian Garment Factory	p. 123
Patriotism, Profits, and Waste: The Moral Dimensions of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal in Texas	p. 143
Virtue at the Checkout Till: Salvation Economics in Kenyan Flower Fields	p. 167
Frontiers of Social Responsibility
Beyond CSR: Dilemmas and Paradoxes of Ethical Conduct in Transnational Organizations	p. 189
"I Am the Conscience of the Company": Responsibility and the Gift in a Transnational Mining Corporation	p. 211
Moral Behavior in Stock Markets: Islamic Finance and Socially Responsible Investment	p. 233
Afterword: Moral Economies, Economic Moralities: Consider the Possibilities!	p. 257
Index	p. 271
About the Contributors	p. 279
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Economics and Morality Anthropological Approaches

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