{"product_id":"everyday-moral-economies-9781118301920","title":"Everyday Moral Economies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffering a rare glimpse of rural life in modern-day Cuba, this book examines how ordinary Cubans carve out their own spaces for appropriate' acts of consumption, exchange, and production within the contradictory normative and material spaces of everyday economic life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the conflict between the socialist-welfare ideal of food as an entitlement and the market value of food as a commodity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBridges the fields of human geography and anthropology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eApproaches food networks and the scale of food systems in a novel way\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a comprehensive look at Cuba today, with coverage of history, politics, economics, and social and environmental justice\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEnhanced by vivid photos from the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The book will be of interest to geographers engaged in debates on diverse economies, as well as those pursuing work on food security, food sovereignty, and\/or the politics of food.”  (\u003ci\u003eT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ehe Canadian Geographer\/Le Geographe Canadien\u003c\/i\u003e, 25 October 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“If I had to evaluate \u003ci\u003eEveryday moral economies\u003c\/i\u003e in just two words, these would most probably be ‘useful’ and ‘balanced’. Useful because to my knowledge it is the most comprehensive treatment on the theme of food consumption and production in Cuba, providing valuable information on the theme from both historical and contemporary perspectives. Balanced because, although it deals with an utterly political side of Cuba and the Revolution, it does not hastily take sides between a (neo)liberal or a socialist mode of production and political organization.” (\u003ci\u003eAnastasios Panagiotopoulos, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 23.3, \u003c\/i\u003e4 August 2017)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface ix  \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Acronyms xxv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Historical Emergence of a National Leviathan 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Scarcities, Uneven Access and Local Narratives of Consumption 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Changing Landscapes of Care: Re-distributions and Reciprocities in the World of Tutaño Consumption 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Localizing the Leviathan: Hierarchies and Exchanges that Connect State, Market and Civil Society 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Scalar Politics of Sustainability: Transforming the Small Farming Sector 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Conclusion 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendices 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 211\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406848663895,"sku":"9781118301920","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118301920.jpg?v=1730497330","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/everyday-moral-economies-9781118301920","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}