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Economies of Favour after Socialism.
A volume on the economics of favours and how they function as socially efficacious actions in post-socialist regions including central, eastern, and south eastern Europe; the former Soviet Union; Mongolia; and post-Maoist China.
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- ISBN: 9780191511097
- ISBN: 0191511099
- ISBN: 9780192515124
- ISBN: 0192515128
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (254 pages)
- Publisher: Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2016.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Gifts and Favours in a `House Societý |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Cover; Economies of Favour after Socialism; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; List of Figuresand Boxes; Notes on Contributors; 1: Introduction-Re-imagining Economies (after Socialism): Ethics, Favours, and Moral Sentiments; Ethics, Favours, and Moral Sentiments; Beyond Political Economies; Towards a Semiotics of Favours; References; 2: The Ambivalence of Favour: Paradoxes of Russiaś Economy of Favours; A Typology of Favours; The Substantive Ambivalence of Favours: `No Synthesis;́ Functional Ambivalence: Clashing Demands and the Role of Networks. Normative Ambivalence: The Double Standards and the Phenomenological LensThe Implications of Ambivalence for Research Methodologies; Acknowledgements; References; 3: A New Look at Favours: The Case of Post-Socialist Higher Education; The Political-Economic Context of Favour in Post-Socialist Russia; Favours; A Favour and Its Ramifications; Favours in the Market Economy; Favours and Power; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 4: Giving, Taking, and Getting By: Help and Indifference in Moscowś Temporary Housing Market; The `Apartment Problem;́ Specifying Jardam; Making Home in Moscow. Cutting the Network? Balancing Help and IndifferenceConclusion; References; 5: The Anti-Favour: Ideasthesia, Aesthetics, and Obligation in Southwest China; Favours, Obligations, and the Art of Social Relations; Ideasthesia and the Nuosu Warriorś Aesthetic; Keeping Secrets for Life; Braving Ideasthesia: The Case of an Imprisoned Warrior; Beyond Favours: The Force of Duty, Obligation, and Sacrifice; References; 6: The Human Economy of Pálinka in Hungary: A Case Study in Longue Durée Lubrication; The Human Economies of Socialism and Post-Socialism; Alcohol in Pre-socialist Society. Lubricating SocialismFast Forward to the Present; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 7: Making History, Making Politics: Socialist and Post-Socialist Elite Economies of Favour in Bulgaria and Ukraine; Distinguishing Elite Networks from other Economies of Favour; Elite Connections in Bulgaria; Understanding Elite Economies of Favour in History; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 8: Interior Spectacles: The Art of the Informal among Bootleg Miners in Wałbrzych, Poland; Bootleg Mines and Salvage Fever; Law, Lawlessness, and the Area in Between; The Art of the Informal. Interior Spectacles: Economies of Favour as PerformanceConclusion; References; 9: A Good Deed is Not a Crime: Moral Cosmologies of Favours in Muslim Bosnia; From Economies of Favour Towards an Economy of Good Deeds; Away from (Bosnian) Informal Economies; Economies of Good Deeds in Muslim Bosnia; Mujoś story; Friends of God are just merciful; `Sevap cant́ be illegal;́ Conclusion: Good Deeds as Favours; References; 10: The `Shadows óf Informality in Rural Poland; The `Shadows óf Informality: A Strathernian Detour; Scheming and Making Connections: Craft after Socialism. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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