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Neil Turner , May 1st, 2022
by Nika Dubrovsky Keith Hart was then International Director of the Human Economy Programme, University of Pretoria and Professor of … More
Neil Turner , April 1st, 2022
This analysis is based on the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report for 2011-2012. It identifies twelve “pillars” of sustainable … More
Neil Turner , March 5th, 2022
Unlike any other war, the United States ever took part in, the Vietnam War was a major turning point. It … More
Sudan’s kleptocratic military system won’t stop the people’s movement from rising by Jehron Muhammad
Neil Turner , March 1st, 2022
Anti-military coup, pro-democracy marches occurring in Sudan with growing numbers and increasing frequency since October show there is a renewed, … More
Neil Turner , February 1st, 2022
Economic anthropologist Keith Hart (KH), one of the leading figures in African studies, spoke to Social Transformations editor Lisandro Claudio … More
Neil Turner , January 1st, 2022
Africa’s year 2021 was perplexing, horrendous, dramatic but also inspirational. It can be summed in the “two-ness” of the sojourn … More
Neil Turner , December 3rd, 2021
(Keynote address for a World Customs Organization/World Bank conference on ‘Informality, international trade and customs’, Brussels, 3-4 June 2013) It … More
Neil Turner , November 1st, 2021
(Keynote address for a World Customs Organization/World Bank conference on ‘Informality, international trade and customs’, Brussels, 3-4 June 2013) In … More
Neil Turner , October 1st, 2021
by Jehron Muhammad KHARTOUM, Sudan—Nothing says diversity like Sudan. Once Africa’s largest country, now divided by neocolonial and neoliberal machinations … More
Neil Turner , September 1st, 2021
by Keith Hart Why Study Gypsy Economy? Looking at the contributions to this volume, I would pick out four themes: … More
Neil Turner , August 1st, 2021
by Keith Hart Heads or tails? Martin Fotta referred to a lecture of mine on money, “Heads or tails? Two … More
Neil Turner , July 1st, 2021
By Keith Hart The Promise and Limits of Ethnography I am usually rather concerned when I observe how unreflectingly my … More
Neil Turner , June 1st, 2021
How Political Corruption Impacts Culture From a traditional perspective, when people think of South America, many think of a group … More
Neil Turner , May 1st, 2021
What do we mean by an unlawful form of democracy? In the context of discussing the events of January 6, … More
Neil Turner , April 1st, 2021
Is the United States a racist theocracy? As the last of three generations of Northern Irish Protestant descent settled in … More
Neil Turner , March 1st, 2021
Donald Trump and the Republican Party Donald Trump may not have expected to win the 2016 presidential election. Once he … More
Neil Turner , February 1st, 2021
It is important to understand that for more than fifty years, American foreign and defense policies such as EUCOM, PCOM, … More
Neil Turner , January 2nd, 2021
The Colossus of the South “When the resources of that vast country are taken into account,” the editors of the … More
Neil Turner , January 2nd, 2021
Noam Chomsky is the quintessential pioneering linguist, intellectual and political activist of the last fifty years. He is an American, … More
Neil Turner , December 1st, 2020
The Euro crisis: an episode in the history of money The monetary crisis that has overwhelmed the eurozone of late needs to be seen in this context. The…
Neil Turner , November 1st, 2020
The demise of national capitalism To talk of the world economy being “informalized” suggests that there is a global rule-system, whereas effective rules are now absent at all…
Neil Turner , October 1st, 2020
The dialectics of form “General Forms have their vitality in Particulars, and every Particular is a Man” (William Blake). Most readers of this book live substantially inside…
Neil Turner , September 1st, 2020
A la recherche du temps perdu (In search of lost time) The idea of an informal economy was born at the moment when the post-war era of developmental…
Neil Turner , August 2nd, 2020
The authors of this well-written book tell how they were pushed by their editor into writing for a general audience. They have succeeded without sacrificing analytical rigor. They…