Economic Action and Social Structure
Cambisme' in Kinshasa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5017100 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tom De Herdt (0000-0002-5288-7446, University of Antwerp, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 683-708 |
| Publication date | 2002-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development and Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-155X • E-ISSN: 1467-7660 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-7660.00275 |
| OpenAlex | W2038314680 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
In the recent literature on institutions and social capital, there has been a renewed emphasis on the importance of social structure in explaining the performance of economic markets. Approaches to how this 'social structure' is conceived differ widely, however. This article examines the social structure and partitioning of the market in foreign currency in Kinshasa, based on fieldwork in the mid-1990s, and finds remarkable similarities with Geertz's seminal paper on the functioning of peasant markets and his description of the bazaar economy in Sefrou. The case study is also instructive as it highlights the day-to-day reality of hyperinflation and monetary chaos
Action (physics · Bazaar · Currency · Economics · Economy · Geography · Monetary economics · Peasant · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · African Studies and Ethnography · Agriculture and Rural Development Research · Cultural Identity and Heritage · Law
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2013 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |