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Economic Mediation and the Power of Associations: Toward a Concept of Encompassment
Author(s) -
LiPuma Edward,
Meltzoff Sarah Keene
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
american anthropologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1548-1433
pISSN - 0002-7294
DOI - 10.1525/aa.1994.96.1.02a00020
Subject(s) - dialectic , mediation , ethnography , power (physics) , sociology , grasp , fishing , epistemology , social science , political science , anthropology , law , computer science , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , programming language
Examining the incorporation of the Galician fishing sector into the European Community, this analysis seeks to articulate a concept of encompassment. We argue that a European anthropology must develop the theoretical resources and methods to explore the dialectical relationship between structures that are both hierarchically linked and of different magnitudes. In particular, it is necessary to grasp the emergence of new forms of social organization that mediate this relationship. This study seeks to provide an ethnography of such a socially meaningful link.