Røyrvik, Emil A.

The allure of capitalism : an ethnography of management and the global economy in crisis / by Emil A. Røyrvik. - New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2011. - xv, 284 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Situating "global corporate management" -- Managing in the middle kingdom : three investment projects in China -- Presencing projects : a social reality of construction -- High finance and contemporary crisis capitalism -- The turn to enchantment : investing in projects -- Wagging the dog : the financialization of sociality -- Money manager capitalism and reverse redistribution -- In good company? -- Directors and directions of creation -- Managing in a total context of crisis.

9780857451859 (hbk.) 0857451855 (hbk.)


Economic policy.
Industrial management.
International finance.
Financial crises.

338.9 / ROY 2011