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1. Cover image for 'Fragments of Development'
Fragments of Development
Nation, Gender, and the Space of Modernity
Suzanne Bergeron
Offers an account of the construction of the national economy as an object of development policy
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Fragments of Development
Nation, Gender, and the Space of Modernity
Suzanne Bergeron
Offers an account of the construction of the national economy as an object of development policy
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Paper 2006 $28.95 Available Add Paper for "Fragments of Development" to Cart
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Slaves to Fashion
Poverty and Abuse in the New Sweatshops
Robert J. S. Ross
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Paper 2004 $26.95 Available Add Paper for "Slaves to Fashion" to Cart
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Slaves to Fashion
Poverty and Abuse in the New Sweatshops
Robert J. S. Ross
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Paper 2004 $26.95 Available Add Paper for "Slaves to Fashion" to Cart
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Preference Pollution
How Markets Create the Desires We Dislike
David George
Explores the failure of markets to shape desirable preferences
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Paper 2004 $30.95 Available Add Paper for "Preference Pollution" to Cart
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Preference Pollution
How Markets Create the Desires We Dislike
David George
Explores the failure of markets to shape desirable preferences
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Paper 2004 $30.95 Available Add Paper for "Preference Pollution" to Cart
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4. Cover image for 'Altruistically Inclined?'
Altruistically Inclined?
The Behavioral Sciences, Evolutionary Theory, and the Origins of Reciprocity
Alexander J. Field
An exploration of the role of altruism in the discipline of economics
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Paper 2004 $34.95 Available Add Paper for "Altruistically Inclined?" to Cart
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Altruistically Inclined?
The Behavioral Sciences, Evolutionary Theory, and the Origins of Reciprocity
Alexander J. Field
An exploration of the role of altruism in the discipline of economics
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Paper 2004 $34.95 Available Add Paper for "Altruistically Inclined?" to Cart
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Social Science Knowledge and Economic Development
An Institutional Design Perspective
Vernon W. Ruttan
Synthesizes various strands of social science research and thought, including evolution of thought about development in anthropology, sociology, political science, and growth economics
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Hardcover 2003 $95.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Social Science Knowledge and Economic Development" to Cart
6. Cover image for 'Population and Progress in a Yoruba Town'
Population and Progress in a Yoruba Town
Elisha P. Renne
Argues that progress and fertility cannot be expected to follow a universal trajectory
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Paper 2003 $33.95 Available Add Paper for "Population and Progress in a Yoruba Town" to Cart
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Carrots, Sticks, and Ethnic Conflict
Rethinking Development Assistance
Milton J. Esman and Ronald J. Herring, Editors
Investigates whether international development assistance helps or aggravates ethnic strife
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Paper 2003 $33.95 Available Add Paper for "Carrots, Sticks, and Ethnic Conflict" to Cart
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Carrots, Sticks, and Ethnic Conflict
Rethinking Development Assistance
Milton J. Esman and Ronald J. Herring, Editors
Investigates whether international development assistance helps or aggravates ethnic strife
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Paper 2003 $33.95 Available Add Paper for "Carrots, Sticks, and Ethnic Conflict" to Cart
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8. Cover image for 'Rethinking Sustainability'
Rethinking Sustainability
Power, Knowledge, and Institutions
Jonathan Harris, Editor
Provides important guideposts toward a more complete theory of sustainable human and economic development
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Paper 2003 $31.95 Available Add Paper for "Rethinking Sustainability" to Cart
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Rethinking Sustainability
Power, Knowledge, and Institutions
Jonathan Harris, Editor
Provides important guideposts toward a more complete theory of sustainable human and economic development
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Paper 2003 $31.95 Available Add Paper for "Rethinking Sustainability" to Cart
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9. Cover image for 'Harvesting Development'
Harvesting Development
The Construction of Fresh Food Markets in Papua New Guinea
Karl Benediktsson
An examination of the global-local tension evident in much work on development issues through the example of fresh food markets in Papua New Guinea
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Paper 2002 $31.95 Available Add Paper for "Harvesting Development" to Cart
10. Cover image for 'Harvesting Coffee, Bargaining Wages'
Harvesting Coffee, Bargaining Wages
Rural Labor Markets in Colombia, 1975-1990
Sutti Ortiz
A close ethnographic study of how culture, power, gender, and institutions affect labor exchanges
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Hardcover 1999 $88.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Harvesting Coffee, Bargaining Wages" to Cart
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Culture and Economy
The Shaping of Capitalism in Eastern Asia
Timothy Brook and Hy Van Luong, Editors
Shows how rapid expansion of capitalism in Eastern Asia constitutes a challenge to Western social theory
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Paper 1999 $31.95 Available Add Paper for "Culture and Economy" to Cart
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The Allure of the Foreign
Imported Goods in Postcolonial Latin America
Benjamin Orlove, Editor
A rich analysis of the internal social factors that drive the demand for foreign goods
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Hardcover 1997 $83.00 Out of Stock Add Hardcover for "The Allure of the Foreign" to Cart
13. Cover image for 'Trust, Ethnicity, and Identity'
Trust, Ethnicity, and Identity
Beyond the New Institutional Economics of Ethnic Trading Networks, Contract Law, and Gift-Exchange
Janet Tai Landa
How ethnic kin-based trading networks can rely on trust when a well-developed framework of contract laws is missing
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Hardcover 1995 $90.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Trust, Ethnicity, and Identity" to Cart
14. Cover image for 'Rules, Games, and Common-Pool Resources'
Rules, Games, and Common-Pool Resources
Elinor Ostrom, Roy Gardner, and James Walker
Explores ways that the tragedy of the commons can be avoided by people who use common-property resources
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Paper 1994 $36.95 Available Add Paper for "Rules, Games, and Common-Pool Resources" to Cart
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