Economic Success of Chinese Merchants in Southeast Asia Identity, Ethnic Cooperation and Conflict

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Synopsis

This book provides an original analysis of the economic success of Overseas Chinese merchants in Southeast Asia: The ethnically homogeneous group of Chinese middlemen is an informal, low-cost organization for the provision of club goods, e.g. contract enforcement, that are essential to merchants’ success. The author’s theory - and various extensions, with emphasis on kinship and other trust relationships - draws on economics and the other social sciences, and beyond to evolutionary biology. Empirical material from her fieldwork forms the basis for developing her unique, integrative and transdisciplinary theoretical framework, with important policy implications for understanding ethnic conflict in multiethnic societies where minority groups dominate merchant roles.

Book details

Edition:
1st ed. 2016
Author:
Janet Tai Landa
ISBN:
9783642540196
Related ISBNs:
9783642540189
Publisher:
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2019-10-02
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2016
Copyright by:
Janet Tai Landa 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Business and Finance, Nonfiction