Economics and morality anthropological approaches /

• Corporate Author: Society for Economic Anthropology (U.S.)
• Other Authors: Browne, Katherine E., 1953-, Milgram, B. Lynne 1948-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Lanham, MD : AltaMira Press, c2009.
• Series: Society for Economic Anthropology (SEA) monographs.
• Subjects: Economic anthropology > Case studies.; Economics > Case studies. > Moral and ethical aspects; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Cultural. > Anthropology; POLITICAL SCIENCE > Cultural Policy. > Public Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: ebrary; View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 v.)
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9780759112261 (electronic bk.); 0759112266 (electronic bk.)

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. The chapters explore economic systems from a variety of diverse indigenous andcapitalist societies, focusing on moral challenges in non-Western economic systems undergoing profound change, grassroots movements and moral claims in the context of capitalism, and morality-based movements taking place within corporate and state institutions. The anthropological insights of each chapter provide the value of firsthand fieldwork and.