Description
Book SynopsisThis book presents the first extended critique of rational choice theory from an anthropological perspective.
Trade Review"Beyond its wealth of information, this book is well organized, comprehensible, and engaging." - Carrie Sampson, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, International Social Science Review "The book is essential to any economic anthropologist reflecting on the role of the discipline and its relationship to other social sciences. Chibnik ably answers these questions and provides a complex introduction to how economic anthropologists go about their studies.The author's research experience and his thorough understanding of economic anthropology become evident in the book, which accurately portrays the sins scholars from both sides are tempted to commit." - Social Anthropology/Anthropologie Sociale
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. How Important Is Decision Making?
- Chapter 2. Choices between Paid and Unpaid Work
- Chapter 3. Risk, Uncertainty, and Decision Making
- Chapter 4. Experimental Games and Choices about Cooperation
- Chapter 5. Who Makes Household Economic Decisions?
- Chapter 6. Is There a Tragedy of the Commons?
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
