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Book Synopsis
Much orthodox economic theory is based on assumptions which are treated as self--evident: supply and demand are regarded as independent entities, the individual is assumed to be a rational agent who knows his interests and how to make decisions corresponding to them, and so on.

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"[T]he application of Bourdieu's ideas to the housing market is of great interest and this book can contribute to the debates surrounding alternative or complementary understandings of that which is deemed 'economic', to the current hegemony of classical economic approaches."

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Table of Contents
Introduction.

Part I The House Market.

Chapter 1 Dispositions of the Agents and the Structure of the Field of Reproduction.

Chapter 2 -The State and the Construction of the Market.

Chapter 3 - The Field of Local Powers.

Chapter 4 - A Contract under Duress.

Conclusion - The Foundations of Petit Bourgeois Suffering.

Part II Principles of an Economic Anthropology.

Postscript - From the National to the International Field.

Notes.

Index.

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 02/03/2005
      ISBN13: 9780745625409, 978-0745625409
      ISBN10: 0745625401
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Much orthodox economic theory is based on assumptions which are treated as self--evident: supply and demand are regarded as independent entities, the individual is assumed to be a rational agent who knows his interests and how to make decisions corresponding to them, and so on.

      Trade Review
      "[T]he application of Bourdieu's ideas to the housing market is of great interest and this book can contribute to the debates surrounding alternative or complementary understandings of that which is deemed 'economic', to the current hegemony of classical economic approaches."

      Housing Studies



      Table of Contents
      Introduction.

      Part I The House Market.

      Chapter 1 Dispositions of the Agents and the Structure of the Field of Reproduction.

      Chapter 2 -The State and the Construction of the Market.

      Chapter 3 - The Field of Local Powers.

      Chapter 4 - A Contract under Duress.

      Conclusion - The Foundations of Petit Bourgeois Suffering.

      Part II Principles of an Economic Anthropology.

      Postscript - From the National to the International Field.

      Notes.

      Index.

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