Culture and Economy

Ullrich Kockel, Heriot Watt University, UK

• Culture and economy: a brief introduction, Ullrich Kockel; The social economy of food poverty in Russia, Melissa L. Caldwell; Strategies and tactics of economic survival: de-industrialisation, work and change in an Alpine mining community, Johannes Moser; Social markets and the meaning of work in Eastern Germany, Angela Jancius; Constructing shareholders: images of individual investors in Stockholm, Mónica Lindh de Montoya; Magic and the market: a case study of Warren Buffett and shareholders of 'Berkshire Hathaway', Kurt Hartwig; Tradition in the market place: an ethnographic study of a Polish Amber trade show, Amy Goldenberg, Traditional textiles and economic development: Lithuanian groups in Latvia’s border regions, Vida Savoniakaité; Transboundary co-operation as a vehicle for cultural interchange: a case study of Poland, Ann Kennard; Culture, Transactions and profitable meanings: tourism in Andalusia, Antonio Miguel Nogués; Creating a Cornish brand: discourses of ’traditionality’ in Cornish economic regeneration strategies, Amy Hale; ’The tiger no longer speaks Celtic’: economic conditioning and the Irish language, Máiréad Nic Craith; Language and equity: a development perspective, Jane Saville; The EU as manufacturer of tradition and cultural heritage, Reinhard Johler; Culture and economy: towards an agenda for further research, Máiréad Nic Craith and Ullrich Kockel.