Reciprocity and Vernacular Statecraft: Andean Cooperation in Post-disaster Highland Ecuador.

Cooperative labor parties known throughout the Andes as mingas, although outwardly appearing to be the same cultural institution, are practiced quite differently and with varying meanings in different socioeconomic contexts. This article discusses how minga cooperation came to exhibit contrasting, y...

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Published in:	Journal of Latin American & Caribbean Anthropology Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 495 - 514
Main Author:	Faas, A. J.
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Nov2017
Subjects:	Andes Region Ecuador Population transfers Disaster relief Reciprocity (Commerce) Disasters
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost