{"product_id":"9780802086983","title":"The Cultural Politics of Markets: Economic Liberalization and Social Change in Nepal","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a neoliberal era, when the ideology of the free market governs community development as much as international trade, a conflict between capital and tradition is inevitable. Issues such as the value ascribed to honour and social prestige are difficult to negotiate with economic opportunity. Using the example of a 'traditional' Nepalese market town, Katharine Neilson Rankin explores how economic liberalization has blended with local cultures of value.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUtilizing the ethnographic method of anthropology and the comparative and normative thrust of geography, Rankin undertakes a critique of neoliberal approaches to development. She demonstrates how market-led development does not expand opportunity, but rather deepens existing injustice and inequality, which is further exacerbated by planners – eager to implement market-led approaches – relying on naively idealistic notions of 'social capital' to expand poor people's access to the market. \u003ci\u003eThe Cultural Politics of Markets\u003c\/i\u003e makes a clear case for a strategic merger between anthropological and planning perspectives in thinking about the issue of market transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016155644144,"sku":"9780802086983","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802086983_p0.jpg?v=1763664526","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802086983","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}