Thrift, Anti-thrift, Scale and Paradox
(2022)
Book Chapter
Alexander, C., & Sosna, D. (2022). Thrift, Anti-thrift, Scale and Paradox. In C. Alexander, & D. Sosna (Eds.), Thrift and its Paradoxes: From Domestic to Political Economy. Berghahn Books
All Outputs (22)
At home with the waste scholar (2021)
Book Chapter
Gille, Z., Lepawsky, J., Alexander, C., & Gregson, N. (2022). At home with the waste scholar. In Z. Gille, & J. Lepawsky (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Waste Studies. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003019077
Global Entanglements of Recycling Policy and Practice (2020)
Book Chapter
Alexander, C., & Reno, J. (2020). Global Entanglements of Recycling Policy and Practice. In M. Aldenderfer (Ed.), Oxford research encyclopaedia of anthropology. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190854584.013.18The landscape of global economies of recycling has rapidly changed over the early 21st century. Increasingly, policy and economic and scholarly attention on environmental transformation have focused on this topic, in keeping with Gabrielle Hecht's ch... Read More about Global Entanglements of Recycling Policy and Practice.
When the Statue is both Marble and Lime (2020)
Book Chapter
Duckworth, C., Wilson, A., Van Oyen, A., Alexander, C., Evans, J., Green, C., & Mattingley, D. (2020). When the Statue is both Marble and Lime. In C. Duckworth, & A. Wilson (Eds.), Recycling and reuse in the Roman economy (449-460). Oxford University Press
Indeterminate classifications: being ‘more than kin’ in Kazakhstan (2018)
Book Chapter
Alexander, C. (2019). Indeterminate classifications: being ‘more than kin’ in Kazakhstan. In C. Alexander, & A. Sanchez (Eds.), Indeterminacy : waste, value, and the imagination (134-160). Berghahn Books
Introduction: The Values of Indeterminacy (2018)
Book Chapter
Alexander, C., & Sanchez, A. (2019). Introduction: The Values of Indeterminacy. In C. Alexander, & A. Sanchez (Eds.), Indeterminacy : waste, value, and the imagination (1-30). Berghahn Books
Charity and philanthropy (2018)
Book Chapter
Alexander, C. (2018). Charity and philanthropy. In H. Callan (Ed.), International encyclopaedia of anthropology : anthropology beyond text. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118924396.wbiea1689Anthropological analyses of charity are often based on Maussian theories of gift exchange and inequalities between donor and recipient, sometimes compounded by spectacular displays of giving or by aid, both humanitarian and faith-based, from the glob... Read More about Charity and philanthropy.
Central Asia, Anthropology of (2015)
Book Chapter
Alexander, C. (2015). Central Asia, Anthropology of. In J. Wright (Ed.), International encyclopedia of the social and behavioral sciences. Second edition (316-322). (2nd ed.). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-097086-8.12177-4Since the end of the Soviet Union and with improved access to the region, the anthropology (in the Western tradition) of Central Asia has taken off. Recently, there has been greater acknowledgment of local sources, archives, and scholars. Moving from... Read More about Central Asia, Anthropology of.
Soviet and Post-Soviet Planning in Almaty, Kazakhstan (2013)
Book Chapter
Alexander, C. (2013). Soviet and Post-Soviet Planning in Almaty, Kazakhstan. In A. Massey (Ed.), Public Sector Reform (165-181). SAGE Publications
The Garden as Occasional Domestic Space. (2013)
Book Chapter
Alexander, C. (2013). The Garden as Occasional Domestic Space. In C. Briganti, & K. Mezei (Eds.), The Domestic Space Reader. University of Toronto Press
Food waste (2013)
Book Chapter
Alexander, C., Gregson, N., & Gille, Z. (2013). Food waste. In A. Murcott, W. Belasco, & P. Jackson (Eds.), The Handbook of Food Research (471-485). Bloomsbury
Economic valuations and environmental policy (Updated). (2012)
Book Chapter
Alexander, C. (2012). Economic valuations and environmental policy (Updated). In J. Carrier (Ed.), A Handbook of Economic Anthropology (451-468). (2nd Ed.). Edward Elgar Publishing
Remont: works in progress. (2012)
Book Chapter
Alexander, C. (2012). Remont: works in progress. In C. Alexander, & J. Reno (Eds.), Economies of recycling: the global transformation of materials, values and social relations (255-275). (New ed.). Zed Books
Introduction. (2012)
Book Chapter
Alexander, C., & Reno, J. (2012). Introduction. In C. Alexander, & J. Reno (Eds.), Economies of recycling: the global transformation of materials, values and social relations (1-34). (New ed.). Zed Books
The Third Sector. (2010)
Book Chapter
Alexander, C. (2010). The Third Sector. In K. Hart, J. Laville, & A. Cattani (Eds.), The Human Economy: a citizen's guide (213-224). (New ed.). Polity Press
Illusions of freedom: Polanyi and the third sector (2009)
Book Chapter
Alexander, C. (2009). Illusions of freedom: Polanyi and the third sector. In C. Hann, & K. Hart (Eds.), Market and society : the great transformation today (221-239). Cambridge University Press
Privatization: jokes, scandal and absurdity in a time of rapid change. (2009)
Book Chapter
Alexander, C. (2009). Privatization: jokes, scandal and absurdity in a time of rapid change. In K. Sykes (Ed.), Ethnographies of moral reasoning: living paradoxes of a global age (43-65). Palgrave Macmillan
Waste under socialism and after: a case-study from Almaty. (2008)
Book Chapter
Alexander, C. (2008). Waste under socialism and after: a case-study from Almaty. In H. West, & P. Raman (Eds.), Enduring Socialism: Explorations of Revolution and Transformation, Restoration and Continuation (148-168). Berghahn Books
Almaty: rethinking the public sector. (2007)
Book Chapter
Alexander, C. (2007). Almaty: rethinking the public sector. In C. Alexander, V. Buchli, & C. Humphrey (Eds.), Urban life in post-Soviet Asia (70-101). (New ed.). UCL Press (Routledge)
Introduction. (2007)
Book Chapter
Alexander, C., & Buchli, V. (2007). Introduction. In C. Alexander, V. Buchli, & C. Humphrey (Eds.), Urban Life in post-Soviet Asia (1-39). (New ed.). UCL Press (Routledge)