Flexible Capitalism and Transactional Orders in Colonial and Postcolonial Mauritius: A Post-Occidentalist View

Patrick Neveling

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Abstract


The chapter offers an alternative periodisation of twentieth century history for the small-island nation state Mauritius, arguing
that in light of the colonial history of Mauritius, which ended only in 1968, it is difficult to identify a neoliberal turn in the 1970s. Secondly, I argue that common notions of pre-capitalist moral economies and the ensuing differentiation in long-term and short-term transactional orders make little sense for Mauritius (and other world regions) because they neglect the long history of integration of plantation societies into the capitalist world-system. Instead I offer an analytical perspective that is open to the
widespread opposition to alliances between capital and religion and gendered exploitation going along with this in Mauritius and elsewhere.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFlexible Capitalism: Exchange and Ambiguity at Work
EditorsJens Kjaerulf
Place of PublicationOxford
PublisherBerghahn Books
Pages207-234
Number of pages27
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-78238-616-2
ISBN (Print)978-1-78238-615-5
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Publication series

NameEASA Book Series

Keywords

  • Mauritius
  • Capitalism
  • Export Processing Zones
  • Sugarcane
  • Agriculture
  • International Trade
  • economic history; comparative
  • neoliberalism

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