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This book analyzes the social economy of the Greek village of Peklari, located near the mountain Poli an in Albania. The village is characterized by a kind of "experiential sustainability" combined with social egalitarianism. The whole system ensures the possibility of self-sufficiency, as well as security, through the alternative possibilities of production, as the household does not depend on just one crop. Local societies adapt to the elements of the natural environment on which they depend, but they also adapt it to their needs in such a way as to ensure that the available resources do...

This book is the third publication of the Konitsa Summer School in Anthropology, Ethnography, and Comparative Folklore of the Balkans, containing the proceedings of the years 2009 and 2010. It includes papers written by members of the teaching staff, papers delivered as lectures or especially prepared for the book, papers written by students based principally on their fieldwork exercises in Greece and Albania, presentations of ongoing PhD theses, and, finally, the syllabi of the subjects of instruction. Contents include: Varieties of Capitalism and Varieties of Economic Anthropology * Towards...