{"product_id":"flexible-capitalism-exchange-and-ambiguity-at-work-9781789200737","title":"Flexible Capitalism: Exchange and Ambiguity at","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tApproaching “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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  Geert De Neve\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Sussex\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe 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.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVera Trappmann\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUniversität Magdeburg\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJens Kjaerulff\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eEverybody Gives: Gifts in the Global Factory\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJamie Cross\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eUnveiling the Work of the Gift: Neoliberalism and the Flexible Margins of Nation-State\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eTinna Grétarsdóttir\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. \u003c\/strong\u003eFlexibility Frictions: Economies of Connection in Contemporary Forms of Work\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eChristina Garsten\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003eTaking Over the Gift: The Circulation and Exchange of Options, Labour and ‘Lucky Money’ in Alberta’s Oil and Gas Industry\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eCaura Wood\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003eHow to Stay Entangled in a World of Flows: Flexible Subjects and Mobile Knowledge in the New Media Industries\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHannah Knox\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Payoff of Love and the Traffic of Favours: Reciprocity, Social Capital and the Blurring of Value Realms in Flexible Capitalism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSusana Narotzky\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. \u003c\/strong\u003eFlexible Capitalism and Transactional Orders in Colonial and Postcolonial Mauritius: A Post-Occidentalist View\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePatrick Neveling\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Corrosion of Character Revisited: Rethinking Uncertainty and Flexibility\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJens Kjaerulff\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9. \u003c\/strong\u003eAfterword: Exchange and Corporate Forms Today\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKeir Martin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042549301591,"sku":"9781789200737","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789200737.jpg?v=1750954595","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/flexible-capitalism-exchange-and-ambiguity-at-work-9781789200737","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}