A Political Economy of Neotribal Capitalism

Elizabeth Rata

ISBN 10: 0739100688 / ISBN 13: 9780739100684

Published by Lexington Books, Lanham, 2000

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8vo pp.265, some corners of pages turned over.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Political Economy of Neotribal Capitalism
• Publisher: Lexington Books, Lanham
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0739100688
• ISBN 13: 9780739100684
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: god
• Dust Jacket Condition: no dustjacket
• Book Type: book
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Synopsis

Among the unintended and largely unforeseen consequences of globalization are the fundamental transformations of local relationships, both economic and cultural, that occur within communities drawn into the predominantly capitalist world economy. Democracy, once considered the essential political mode of regulation for successful capitalist economies, is being replaced by nondemocratic modes of social organization as localized responses to global forces, such as Maori tribalization in New Zealand, are subverted and transformed.
A Political Economy of Neotribal Capitalism looks at the past three decades in New Zealand and the shifts in the relationship between the indigenous Maori people and the dominant Pakeha (white) society to illustrate these fundamental changes to national political, social, and economic structures. The book includes a case study of a Maori family, a theoretical exploration of the concept of "neotribal capitalism," and discussions of themes such as changing socioeconomic relations; new social movements; the indigenization of ethnicity; dominant group-ethnic group realignment; and the antidemocratic ideologies of late capitalism-themes of interest to students of world political economics, international relations, and anthropology.

About the Author

Elizabeth Rata is Senior Lecturer at Auckland College of Education.