"Economic anthropology is a field that attempts to explain human economic behavior in its widest historic, geographic and cultural scope." (Source: paragraph 1)
The study of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services in human societies, including barter systems, market economies, and globalization.
Anthropology and Economics: Introduces the overlap between anthropology and economics, highlighting the differences in their approaches to study.
Subsistence Strategies: Discusses how human societies acquire food and other resources, and how this shapes their economies.
Exchange systems: Examines the different ways societies exchange goods and services, including gift giving, bartering, and market transactions.
Markets and Capitalism: Explores the historical and cultural context of markets and capitalism, and their impact on economic systems and social relations.
Class and Inequality: Examines how social class and inequality emerge in economic systems, and the implications of this for individuals and communities.
Gender and Economics: Investigates the ways in which gender shapes economic systems and the division of labor in societies.
Land and Property Rights: Explores the role of land and property in economic systems, and the different ways in which they are allocated and managed across societies.
Development and Globalization: Analyzes the impact of development and globalization on local economies and cultures, as well as the role of international organizations in shaping economic policies.
"It is an amalgamation of economics and anthropology." (Source: paragraph 1)
"Its origins as a sub-field of anthropology began with work by the Polish founder of anthropology Bronislaw Malinowski and the French Marcel Mauss on the nature of reciprocity as an alternative to market exchange." (Source: paragraph 1)
"Post-World War II, economic anthropology was highly influenced by the work of economic historian Karl Polanyi." (Source: paragraph 2)
"Applying formal economic theory (Formalism) to non-industrial societies was mistaken, he argued." (Source: paragraph 2)
"In non-industrial societies, exchange was 'embedded' in such non-market institutions as kinship, religion, and politics." (Source: paragraph 2)
"The formalist–substantivist debate was highly influential and defined an era." (Source: paragraph 2)
"As globalization became a reality, and the division between market and non-market economies – between 'the West and the Rest' – became untenable, anthropologists began to look at the relationship between a variety of types of exchange within market societies." (Source: paragraph 2)
"Neo-substantivists examine the ways in which so-called pure market exchange in market societies fails to fit market ideology." (Source: paragraph 2)
"They now study the operations of corporations, banks, and the global financial system from an anthropological perspective." (Source: paragraph 2)
"Economic anthropologists have abandoned the primitivist niche they were relegated to by economists." (Source: paragraph 2)
"For the most part, studies in economic anthropology focus on exchange." (Source: paragraph 1)
"It attempts to explain human economic behavior in its widest historic, geographic and cultural scope." (Source: paragraph 1)
"[They] proposed on the nature of reciprocity as an alternative to market exchange." (Source: paragraph 1)
"Exchange was 'embedded' in such non-market institutions as kinship, religion, and politics." (Source: paragraph 2)
"Polanyi drew on anthropological studies to argue that true market exchange was limited to a restricted number of western, industrial societies." (Source: paragraph 2)
"...the division between market and non-market economies – between 'the West and the Rest' – became untenable." (Source: paragraph 2)
"Neo-substantivists examine the ways in which so-called pure market exchange in market societies fails to fit market ideology." (Source: paragraph 2)
"They now study the operations of corporations, banks, and the global financial system from an anthropological perspective." (Source: paragraph 2)
"Economic anthropologists have abandoned the primitivist niche they were relegated to by economists." (Source: paragraph 2)