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Call for Chapters: Examining Modern Economic Anthropology

Editors

Bryan Christiansen, Southern New Hampshire University, United States
John Branch, University of Michigan, United States

Call for Chapters

Proposals Submission Deadline: May 15, 2025
Full Chapters Due: June 20, 2025
Submission Date: June 20, 2025

Introduction

Modern economic anthropology is a subfield of anthropology that examines how economic systems, behaviors, and practices are embedded in and influenced by cultural, social, political, and environmental contexts. It seeks to understand the diverse ways in which people produce, exchange, distribute, and consume goods and services, going beyond the frameworks of classical economics by emphasizing the interplay of culture, values, and power dynamics. The profession has a complex relationship with the general discipline of economics of which it is highly critical due to the former's focus on the sum of market transactions carried out by rational individuals deciding how to allocate their resources among the various things on offer that would satisfy their desires. In essence, while traditional economics emphasizes universal principles, market efficiency, and formal systems, economic anthropology highlights the diversity, cultural specificity, and embedded nature of economic behavior. Together, they offer complementary perspectives with economics providing broad models and quantitative analysis and anthropology offering deep cultural insights and critique.

Objective

The primary objective of this publication is to provide a contemporary, holistic view of economic anthropology in a single source.

Target Audience

The proposed publication will provide relevant empirical and theoretical research in modern economic anthropology which will assist scholars, graduate students, and practitioners in their work.

Recommended Topics

Introduction to Economic Anthropology Political Economy Theoretical Issues in Economic Anthropology Contemporary Economic Systems and Models Capitalism, Socialism, and Communism Karl Polanyi and the Substantivist School The Formalist-Substantivist Debate Money Anthropology Informal Economies Distribution of Wealth Writings of Bronislaw Malinowski and Raymond Firth Relevance of Economy to Economic Anthropology Comparative Economic Systems Economic Development After World War II Individual Behavior vs. Social Organization Primitive Economies Traditional and Subsistence Economies Modes of Production Exchange Systems Labor and Division of Work Consumption and Material Culture Globalization and Economic Exchange Environmental and Ecological Economics Development and Economic Inequality Commodification Money and Value National Economic Transitions Economic Resistance and Subversion Digital Economies


    • Submission Procedure

    Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before May 15, 2025, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by May 25, 2025 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters of a minimum of 10,000 words (word count includes references and related readings) are expected to be submitted by June 20, 2025, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at https://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-anonymized review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

    Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, Examining Modern Economic Anthropology. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-anonymized peer review editorial process.

    All proposals should be submitted through the eEditorial Discovery® online submission manager.



    Publisher

    This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global Scientific Publishing (formerly Idea Group Inc.), an international academic publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. IGI Global Scientific Publishing specializes in publishing reference books, scholarly journals, and electronic databases featuring academic research on a variety of innovative topic areas including, but not limited to, education, social science, medicine and healthcare, business and management, information science and technology, engineering, public administration, library and information science, media and communication studies, and environmental science. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit https://www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2026.



    Important Dates

    May 15, 2025: Proposal Submission Deadline
    May 25, 2025: Notification of Acceptance
    June 20, 2025: Full Chapter Submission
    July 29, 2025: Review Results Returned
    September 10, 2025: Final Acceptance Notification
    September 24, 2025: Final Chapter Submission



    Inquiries

    Bryan Christiansen, MBA
    Adjunct Professor
    Southern New Hampshire University
    b.christiansen@snhu.edu

    John Branch, PhD
    Clinical Associate Professor
    University of Michigan
    jdbranch@umich.edu



    Classifications


    Social Sciences and Humanities
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