Anthropology and Institutional Economics

by James M. Acheson

The last two decades have seen a convergence of the interests of anthropologists and economists. In the past few years, a small number of anthropologists have become interested in institutional economics--many of those anthropologists are contributors to this volume. The primary objective of this volume is to begin to assess the degree to which the ideas of institutional economics can be applied to societies in the Third World. They discuss a wide...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819195960
• ISBN13: 9780819195968
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 438 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.9"