| Big Capital in an Unequal World: The Micropolitics of Wealth in Pakistan Contributor(s): Armytage, Rosita (Author) |
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ISBN: 1789206162 ISBN-13: 9781789206166 Publisher: Berghahn Books OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Social Classes & Economic Disparity - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 305.523 |
| LCCN: 2019042136 |
| Series: Dislocations |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9" (0.99 lbs) 206 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Following the hidden lives of the global "1%", this book examines the networks, social practices, marriages, and machinations of the elite in Pakistan. In doing so, it reveals the daily, even mundane, ways in which elites contribute to and shape the inequality that characterizes the modern world. Operating in a rapidly developing economic environment, the experience of Pakistan's wealthiest and most powerful members contradicts widely held assumptions that economic growth is leading to increasingly impersonalized and globally standardized economic and political structures. |
Contributor Bio(s): Armytage, Rosita: - " Rosita Armytage is an anthropologist specialising in elites, social class, capitalism, and global development. She is currently an Honorary Research Fellow at Durham University. Her recent publications include 'Elite ethnography in an insecure place: The methodological implications of "studying up" in Pakistan', Focaal - Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology (2018). " |