Uneasy companions: language and human collectivities in the remaking of Chinese society in the early twentieth centurySpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 49 - Trang 75-100 - 2020
Jeffrey Weng
How we think national standard languages came to dominate the world depends on
how we conceptualize the way languages are linked to the people that use them.
Weberian theory posits the arbitrariness and constructedness of a community
based on language. People who speak the same language do not necessarily think
of themselves as a community, and so such a community is an intentional,
political, and... hiện toàn bộ
The making of the global gambling industry: An application and extension of field theorySpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 35 - Trang 265-297 - 2006
Jeffrey J. Sallaz
The past two decades have seen a global convergence from gambling prohibition to
legalization, but also a divergence regarding how new gambling industries are
structured and regulated. This article compares two cases of casino legalization
exhibiting different and, given conventional understandings of the two
countries, unexpected outcomes. In the United States, ethnic entrepreneurs
(Indian tribes... hiện toàn bộ
Creating a market in the presence of cultural resistance: the case of life insurance in ChinaSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 38 - Trang 271-305 - 2009
Cheris Shun-ching Chan
This article brings together two different conceptions of culture—a shared
meaning system on one hand and a repertoire of strategies on the other—to
understand the emergence of a market. Based on ethnographic data, it examines
how a Chinese life insurance market is emerging in the presence of incompatible
shared values and ideas acting as cultural barriers, and how these cultural
barriers shape th... hiện toàn bộ
Adorno on sportSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 17 - Trang 813-838 - 1988
William J. Morgan