Economics of Collaboration: Indian Shoemakers Between Market and Hierarchy

Through a case study of the footwear industry in Agra, the author explores the relationship between producers and traders. By building in factors such as informal control, collaboration and trust, the book explores a variety of transactional regimes that characterize the relationships among suppliers, producers and traders. This anthropological economic study presents a new theoretical framework of particular relevance to the study of small-scale production in non-factory settings.