Risk And Uncertainty In Tribal And Peasant Economies

This book is concerned with how people respond to unpredictable variation in environmental and economic conditions (risk) and lack of information (uncertainty) about those risks. The papers focus on tribal and peasant societies.

Autorentext

ELIZABETH CASHDAN, Department of Anthropology, University of Utah

Inhalt

1 Introduction Part I Ecological and Economic Approaches Part II Risk and Subsistence Part III Risk and Markets