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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825464703321

Autore

Rankin Katharine N

Titolo

The cultural politics of markets : economic liberalization and social change in Nepal / / Katharine Neilson Rankin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Pluto Press, 2004

ISBN

1-84964-161-7

1-281-72524-2

9786611725242

1-4356-6134-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xii, 243 p. : ill., maps

Disciplina

306/.089/95

Soggetti

Social change - Nepal

Culture - Economic aspects - Nepal

Community development - Nepal

Newar (Nepalese people)

Nepal Economic policy

Nepal Economic conditions

Sānkhu (Nepal)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Cultural Politics of Markets -- 2. Anthropologies and Geographies of Globalization -- 3. Genealogy of Markets and Exchange -- 4. Newar Representations of Finance: Toward an Anthropology of Profit -- 5. Caste and Gender Economics -- 6. Global - Local Articulations in an Age of Neoliberalism -- 7. Planning and Development -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Rankin offers a critique of neo-liberal ideology, showing how global capital impacts on local culture, economies and social structures.