Economic Persuasions (Paperback)

As the transition from socialism to a market economy gathered speed in the early 1990s, many people proclaimed the final success of capitalism as a practice and neoliberal economics as its accompanying science. But with the uneven achievements of the "transition"-the deepening problems of "development," persistent unemployment, the widening of the wealth gap, and expressions of resistance-the discipline of economics is no longer seen as a mirror of reality or as a unified science. How should we understand economics and, more broadly, the organization and disorganization of material life? In this book, international scholars from anthropology and economics adopt a rhetorical perspective in order to make sense of material life and the theories about it. Re-examining central problems in the two fields and using ethnographic and historical examples, they explore the intersections between these disciplines, contrast their methods and epistemologies, and show how a rhetorical approach offers a new mode of analysis while drawing on established contributions.

General

Imprint:	Berghahn Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Studies in Rhetoric and Culture
Release date:	June 2012
First published:	June 2012
Editors:	Stephen Gudeman
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	238
ISBN-13:	978-0-85745-663-2
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-85745-663-6
Barcode:	9780857456632

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