Introduction : Karl Polanyi and the transformations of socialism and postsocialism -- Market principle, market place and the transition in Eastern Europe -- From production to property : land tenure and citizenship in rural Hungary -- A new double movement? : anthropological perspectives on...

Abstract: The bridging concept of moral economy has been productively deployed in various disciplines but recent inflationary adaptations, in line with the burgeoning anthropology of morality (or ethics), neglect the material economy (the production, distribution and consumption of goods and...

Karl Polanyi's "substantivist" critique of market society has renewed topicality in the era of neoliberal globalization. Polanyi (1886-1964) is popular among critical theorists and radical political economists, but also with ecological activists, anti-globalization campaigners and all who sense...