Anthropology, Economics, and Choice

Informationen zum Autor Michael Chibnik is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Iowa and the editor of the Anthropology of Work Review. His previous books include Crafting Tradition: The Making and Marketing of Oaxacan Wood Carvings and Risky Rivers: The Economics and Politics of Floodplain Farming in Amazonia. Klappentext This book presents the first extended critique of rational choice theory from an anthropological perspective. "Beyond its wealth of information, this book is well organized, comprehensible, and engaging." - Carrie Sampson, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, International Social Science Review Zusammenfassung This book presents the first extended critique of rational choice theory from an anthropological perspective. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. How Important Is Decision Making?Chapter 2. Choices between Paid and Unpaid WorkChapter 3. Risk, Uncertainty, and Decision MakingChapter 4. Experimental Games and Choices about CooperationChapter 5. Who Makes Household Economic Decisions?Chapter 6. Is There a Tragedy of the Commons?ConclusionNotesReferencesIndex

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This book presents the first extended critique of rational choice theory from an anthropological perspective.

Contenu

• 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