Flexible Capitalism

Exchange and Ambiguity at Work

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

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Approaching “work” as at heart a practice of exchange, this volume explores sociality in work environments marked by the kind of structural changes that have come to define contemporary “flexible” capitalism. It introduces anthropological exchange theory to a wider readership, and shows how the perspective offers new ways to enquire about the flexible capitalism’s social dimensions. The essays contribute to a trans-disciplinary scholarship on contemporary economic practice and change by documenting how, across diverse settings, “gift-like” socialities proliferate, and even sustain the intensified flexible commoditization that more commonly is touted as tearing social relations apart. By interrogating a keenly debated contemporary work regime through an approach to sociality rooted in a rich and distinct anthropological legacy, the volume also makes a novel contribution to the anthropological literature on work and on exchange.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2015-03-01
Mått152 x 229 x 21 mm
Vikt567 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieEASA Series
Antal sidor296
FörlagBerghahn Books
ISBN9781782386155

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AcknowledgementsIntroductionJens KjaerulffChapter 1. Everybody Gives: Gifts in the Global FactoryJamie CrossChapter 2. Unveiling the Work of the Gift: Neoliberalism and the Flexible Margins of Nation-StateTinna GrétarsdóttirChapter 3. Flexibility Frictions: Economies of Connection in Contemporary Forms of WorkChristina GarstenChapter 4. Taking Over the Gift: The Circulation and Exchange of Options, Labour and ‘Lucky Money’ in Alberta’s Oil and Gas IndustryCaura WoodChapter 5. How to Stay Entangled in a World of Flows: Flexible Subjects and Mobile Knowledge in the New Media IndustriesHannah KnoxChapter 6. The Payoff of Love and the Traffic of Favours: Reciprocity, Social Capital and the Blurring of Value Realms in Flexible CapitalismSusana NarotzkyChapter 7. Flexible Capitalism and Transactional Orders in Colonial and Postcolonial Mauritius: A Post-Occidentalist ViewPatrick NevelingChapter 8. The Corrosion of Character Revisited: Rethinking Uncertainty and FlexibilityJens KjaerulffChapter 9. Afterword: Exchange and Corporate Forms TodayKeir MartinNotes on ContributorsIndex

"This volume comprises a series of insightful essays that apply existing debates in anthropology . . . to new empirical contexts of work under flexible capitalism. While each of the chapters makes a valuable contribution in itself, taken together the essays raise a wealth of new issues and question some long-standing assumptions within economic anthropology about work and its lived experience." · Geert De Neve, University of Sussex“The book is an intriguing compilation of research that deals with changes in modern labour and employment. Its authors add new perspectives to debates in sociology of work and contemporary social thought.” · Vera Trappmann, Universität Magdeburg