Political Economy, Neoliberalism, and the Prehistoric Economies of Latin America

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Volume 32 of REA continues the series' on-going presentation of new and highly engaging anthropological research. Chapters contained herein reflect the diverse range of broad based and localized topics economic anthropologists currently explore from various critical perspectives. Spanning deep history and present day economic processes, the contributions to this volume are subdivided into three major thematic sections. Part I addresses questions of how the political economy is articulated at the macro- and micro-level through processes of consumption, production, gift-giving, and evolution. The essays of Part II assume a more critical stance as outcomes of neoliberalism are considered from both a gendered and institutional perspective. Finally, the papers of Part III shift focus to the prehistoric economies of Latin America. FRONT COVER POLITICAL ECONOMY, NEOLIBERALISM, AND THE PREHISTORIC ECONOMIES OF LATIN AMERICA COPYRIGHT PAGE CONTENTS LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS PREFACE UNDERSTANDING INTERSECTIONS OF DEVELOPMENT, NEOLIBERALISM, AND PREHISTORIC ECONOMIES: AN OVERVIEW OF REA VOLUME 32 PART I: VIEWING THE POLITICAL ECONOMY SWEATSHOP EXCHANGES: GIFTS AND GIVING IN THE GLOBAL FACTORY THE HIDDEN ABODES OF GLOBAL MANUFACTURING ’EVERYBODY GIVES’ (CO-OPERATION AND CAPITAL’S FREE GIFT) RECIPROCITY AND RECOGNITION ’SOAP’ AND THE ’GIFT OF LABOUR’ SWEATSHOP EXCHANGES: CONCLUDING COMMENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS REFERENCES SEEKING ABUNDANCE: CONSUMPTION AS A MOTIVATING FACTOR IN CITIES PAST AND PRESENT INTRODUCTION ABUNDANCE AS AN ECONOMIC PRINCIPLE ABUNDANCE AND DECISION-MAKING CITIES AS THE LOCUS OF ACCELERATED PATTERNS OF POSSESSION, INHERITANCE, AND VALUE DISCUSSION CONCLUSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES ECONOMIC ANTHROPOLOGY AFTER THE GREAT DEBATE: THE ROLE AND EVOLUTION OF INSTITUTIONALIST THOUGHT INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW OF THE ‘‘GREAT DEBATE’’ THE POSTDEBATE EVOLUTION OF THE ‘‘OLD’’ INSTITUTIONALIST POSITION THE ROLE OF ‘‘NEW’’ INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMIC ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE WAKE OF THE ‘‘GREAT DEBATE’’ A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF ‘‘NEW’’ INSTITUTIONALISM FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ECONOMIC ANTHROPOLOGY BRINGING CLOSURE TO THE DEBATE? CONCLUDING REMARKS NOTES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES PROTESTANT ETHIC AND PROSPERITY: VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN ALMOLONGA, GUATEMALA PROTESTANTISM IN THE ‘‘LAND OF ETERNAL SPRING’’ – GUATEMALA THE CASE OF ALMOLONGA FINAL REMARKS NOTES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES SIMPLE FINANCIAL ECONOMIC MODELS OF PREHISTORIC FREMONT MAIZE STORAGE AND AN ASSESSMENT OF EXTERNAL THREAT INTRODUCTION A SIMPLE ONE-PERIOD FINANCIAL MODEL A SPECIAL CASE A MULTIPERIOD MODEL OF GRANARY CONSTRUCTION CONCLUSION NOTES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES PART II: CRITIQUES OF NEOLIBERALISM OF COYOTES, CROSSINGS, AND COOPERATION: SOCIAL CAPITAL AND WOMEN’S MIGRATION AT THE MARGINS OF THE STATE INTRODUCTION SOCIAL CAPITAL THE ‘‘DOWNSIDE’’ OF SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL CAPITAL AND WOMEN’S MIGRATION STRETCHING THE LIMITS OF SOCIAL CAPITAL CASE STUDIES IN SOCIAL CAPITAL AND WOMEN’S MIGRATION ON THE BORDER CONCLUSION NOTES REFERENCES CULTURE TRUMPS REASON: HOW WALL STREET MANIPULATED THE AMERICAN DREAM TO ENRICH ITSELF AND WHY THE VICTIMS OF THE SCAM WERE PUT OUT ON THE STREET WHILE THE PERPETRATORS WERE RESCUED BY THE GOVERNMENT INTRODUCTION THE GREAT RECESSION JUST AND UNJUST DESERTS THE HAVES AND HAVE MORES THE LEFT WITHOUT AND UNDESERVING CONCLUSION NOTES REFERENCES PART III: PREHISTORIC ECONOMIES OF LATIN AMERICA A THEORY OF THE ANCIENT MESOAMERICAN ECONOMY MESOAMERICA: THE CONTEXT METHOD THEORY RECONNECTING ECONOMY TO SOCIETY MESOAMERICA AS A MARKET ECONOMY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES THE LATE PREHISPANIC ECONOMY OF THE VALLEY OF OAXACA, MEXICO: WEAVING THREADS FROM DATA, THEORY, AND SUBSEQUENT HISTORY THEORETICAL INTRODUCTION EARLY PERSPECTIVES ON THE ANCIENT MESOAMERICAN ECONOMY NEW RESEARCH BACKGROUND TO THE VALLEY OF OAXACA EMPIRICAL CHALLENGES TO TRADITIONAL PERSPECTIVES TAKING STOCK AND LOOKING FORWARD ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES WEALTH ON THE HOOF: CAMELID FAUNAL REMAINS AND SUBSISTENCE PRACTICES IN JACHAKALA, BOLIVIA MEAT IN ITS SOCIAL CONTEXT THE SITE OF JACHAKALA SITE HISTORY THE THREE ZONES INTERZONAL COMPARISONS GOALS AND METHODS OF FAUNAL ANALYSIS SORTING JACHAKALA’S FAUNA RESULTS OF THE INTERZONAL FAUNAL ANALYSIS SYNCHRONIC PATTERNS IN MEAT CONSUMPTION DIACHRONIC FAUNAL COMPARISONS INVOLVEMENT WITH CAMELIDS FOOD AND COMPLEXITY AT JACHAKALA AND BEYOND REFERENCES INTERREGIONAL INTERACTION AND SOCIAL CHANGE AT EL DORNAJO INTRODUCTION SITE METHODOLOGY DEVELOPMENTAL TRAJECTORY INTERREGIONAL INTERACTION AND SOCIAL CHANGE LINES OF INQUIRY INTERREGIONAL INTERACTION AT EL DORNAJO ELITE ACTIVITIES LOCAL CONDITIONS AND THE EMERGENCE OF A PRESTIGE ECONOMY SUMMARY CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSION REFERENCES