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A formative ethnography of the relationship between markets and social life, back in print. Originally published in 1979, Clifford Geertz's essay on the Moroccan bazaar is a classic ethnographic account of the interplay of economic, social, and religious lives in the bustle of transaction. Drawing on years of fieldwork in the Middle Atlas town of Sefrou, Geertz explores how actors from diverse backgrounds assess the worth and meaning of other people's wares, words, and ways of doing business. He shows how the search for market information, so central to the theorization of markets by economists, is here based on careful appraisals of social relations, embedded in understandings of the broader institutional environment of the market town and its hinterlands. With a richness of insights procured for generations of readers, Geertz's essay on the sūq is a model of and for the craft of ethnographic theory. Long out of print, it is republished here in a stand-alone edition introduced by Lawrence Rosen.

Ethnic groups. --- Morocco --- Cultural and Social Anthropology

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Unter dem Wissen der Moderne, dass die gesellschaftlichen Lebensformen vom Menschen selbst geschaffene Lebensformen darstellen und an Bedingungen gebunden sind, die sich zum System entwickelt haben, muss der Begriff der Gerechtigkeit von dem Problemgehalt der Gesellschaft verstanden werden. Der aber wird von der Verfasstheit des ökonomischen Systems bestimmt. Das reklamiert zwar in der Marktgesellschaft eine Autonomie, es muss jedoch politisch in einer Weise gestaltet werden, dass jeder sich in die Lage versetzt sieht, ein den Anforderungen der Moderne entsprechendes sinnvolles Dasein zu führen. Exakt das meint, folgt man Günter Dux, Gerechtigkeit. Jeder muss an den ökonomischen und kulturellen Errungenschaften der Gesellschaft einen Anteil gewinnen können, der der Sinnbestimmung des Daseins genügt. Es ist exakt dieses Postulat, das sich als Postulat der Gerechtigkeit in der Neuzeit gebildet hat: Seine historische Ausbildung zieht sich von der Französischen Revolution, über die frühe Industriegesellschaft des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts, bis hin zum Verhängnis, in das die Weimarer Republik geführt hat. Gerechtigkeit muss ihre Grundlage im Sozialstaat der Marktgesellschaft finden. Der muss politisch so gestaltet werden, dass er die Sinnbestimmung der Lebensführung eines jeden möglich macht. Der Konflikt mit einem auf den Glauben an die Marktgesellschaft eingeschworenen Liberalismus, der das Machtpotenzial des Kapitals für sich in Anspruch nimmt, ist unvermeidbar. Und warum überhaupt Gerechtigkeit? Weil mit ihr die Grundlage der humanen Lebensform: Sinn, eingefordert wird. Der Inhalt Worum es geht: Gerechtigkeit als Problem der Marktgesellschaft Die Marktgesellschaft als Verhängnis Der Sozialstaat der Bundesrepublik Der Autor Dr. Günter Dux ist Prof. emeritus am Institut für Soziologie der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg.

Sociology. --- Ethnology. --- Culture. --- Sociological Theory. --- Social Anthropology. --- Sociology of Culture.

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“Participant observations of positions high in the hierarchy are very rare; not the least because the job is too demanding to play the two roles – of participant and an observer – at the same time. This is why both students and general readers will be very pleased to learn what a Human Resource Manager actually does – from David Vickers’ book.” — Barbara Czarniawska, Professor of Management Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden “A strong ethnographic account of managerial and HR work. I will definitely have a copy on my bookcase.” — Aileen Lawless, Reader in Human Resource Development (HRD) and Head of the Leadership, Education and Development (LEAD) research group at Liverpool Business School, UK This pivot includes a series of inside ethnographic accounts and stories about managerial practices and processes, providing a critical account of managerial and HR practices. It seeks to advance thinking in the theoretical areas of strategy-as-practice (SasP), Actor-Network Theory, human resource management practices and safety as practice. Offering a unique insider insight to decision-making and strategy within an organization, the chapters demonstrate how practices are constructed and implemented for a range of systems and policies. Employing an ethnographic approach also gives an opportunity to assess the interpretation and deployment of procedures, policies and practices in order to control and achieve conformity to organizational goals. It satisfies a demand for richer descriptions of managerial practices in situ that can be used to challenge and critique traditional approaches, and guide researchers to apply an SasP and ANT perspective in other organizational settings. .

Management. --- Ethnography. --- Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Anthropology --- Human beings --- Administration --- Industrial relations --- Organization

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This book applies an economic approach to examine the driving forces behind the dynamic behaviors of developing nations. Taking into account initial conditions and environmental and external factors often oversimplified by historians and anthropologists, Guo finds that the rise and fall of civilizations and nations followed an anti-Darwinian process: physical weakness, rather than strength, induced humans to adapt. Cultures facing unfavorable physical and environmental conditions developed complex societies to overcome these challenges, while favorable conditions did not incentivize major economic and cultural change. Over centuries of economic growth and development, nations and civilizations’ adaptive behaviors have followed a cyclical path at both the country level and in an international context. This interdisciplinary book incorporates elements of history, anthropology, and development into an astute economic analysis that changes the way we think about the origins and evolutions of civilizations. .

Economics --- History. --- Ethnology. --- World history. --- Macroeconomics. --- Economic history. --- Development economics. --- Economics. --- Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics. --- Development Economics. --- Economic History. --- World History, Global and Transnational History. --- Cultural Anthropology. --- Social Anthropology. --- Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Anthropology --- Human beings --- Universal history --- History --- Economic conditions --- History, Economic --- Economic development

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"Tūhoe mana motuhake vs the force of New Zealand colonialism. This is a patient and perceptive work unraveling stratagems of contrasting ambition so we may comprehend the cultural instincts of 1890-1920 Aotearoa. Dr. Webster proves his deep understanding of kinship dynamics, hapū politics and the Tūhoe passion for autonomy.” —Tāmati Kruger, Representative in the Tūhoe Te Uru Taumatua, New Zealand Following on from Volume I on the formation of the Urewera District Native Reserve, this monograph examines the period from 1908 to 1926, during which time the Crown subverted Tūhoe control of the UDNR, established a mere decade earlier. While Volume I described how the Tūhoe were able to deploy kin-based power to manipulate Crown power as well as confront one another, this volume describes ways in which the same ancestral descent groups closed ranks to survive nearly two decades of predatory Crown policies determined to dismantle their sanctuary. A relentless Crown campaign to purchase individual Tūhoe land shares ultimately resulted in a misleading Crown scheme to consolidate and relocate Tūhoe land shares, thereby freeing up land for the settlement of non- Tūhoe farmers. By the 1950s, over 200 small Tūhoe blocks were scattered throughout one of the largest National Parks in New Zealand. Although greatly weakened by these policies in terms of kinship solidarity as well as land and other resources, Tūhoe resistance continued until the return of the entire park in 2014—with unreserved apologies and promises of future support.

Ethnology. --- Historical sociology. --- Anthropology --- History --- Sociology --- Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Human beings --- Islands of the Pacific --- Pacific Islands --- Pacific Ocean Islands --- History. --- Ethnography. --- Islands of the Pacific—History. --- Social structure. --- Social inequality. --- Social Anthropology. --- Historical Sociology. --- Australasian History. --- Social Structure, Social Inequality. --- Egalitarianism --- Inequality --- Social equality --- Social inequality --- Political science --- Democracy --- Liberty --- Organization, Social --- Social organization --- Social institutions --- Equality.