Making a Market. The Institutional Transformation of an African Society, Paperback/***

In Making a Market , Jean Ensminger analyses the process by which the market was introduced into the economy of a group of Kenyan pastoralists. This 1993 case study points out the importance of understanding the roles of ideology and bargaining power - in addition to pure economic forces, such as changing relative prices - in shaping market institutions. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Author(s): Jean (Washington University, St Louis) Ensminger Illustration(s): Worked examples or Exercises Number of pages: 234 Collection: Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions Publication date: 1996 Dimensions: 154 x 228 x 12 Cover type: Paperback / softback