Includes bibliographical references.

Regulating the Ogallala: paradox and ambiguity in western Kansas / Jane Gibson, Benjamin Gray -- Contested understandings of sustainability and climate issues in southern Costa Rica / Julia Smith -- Climate variability in West Africa: a case study in vulnerability and adaptation on the Northern Central Plateau, Burkina Faso / Colin West, Carla Rancoli, Pascal Yaka -- Contested affluence: cultural politics of pashmina wealth and wildlife conservation in Ladakh / Alka Sabharwal -- Maximizing social proximity in market relations: the networks of Nigerian immigrant business owners in New York City / Leila Rodriguez -- The Hau of the theft: reciprocity, reputation and the Koh-I-Noor diamond / Daniel Bradburd -- The space between community and self-interest: conflict and the experience of exchange in heroin markets / Lee Hoffer -- Suburban drug dealing: a case study in ambivalent economics / David Crawford -- Performing anonymity: investors, brokers, and the malleability of material identity information in financial markets / Aaron Pitluck -- The creation of a local innovation ecosystem in Japan for nurturing global entrepreneurs / Liv Nyland Krause -- Exploring the interactions: plot-level analysis of Maragoli women farmers' crop control and yields in western Kenya / Edwins Laban Moogi Gwako -- The alternative economics of alternative healing: faith-based therapies in Brazil's religious marketplace / Sidney Greenfield.

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