TY  - CHAP
AB  - Purpose In a period of moral and economic crisis all the alternative solutions to finance economic activities are interesting to study, specifically those embedded in solidarity practices. The nature of the ties (bonding ties, linking ties or bridging ties) and solidarities (institutional solidarity, formal or informal solidarity, intergenerational solidarity) must then be examined.Methodology/approach The exchanges between the people are governed by three different modes: the market, the redistribution and the reciprocity which acts to maintain the relation (Lavoué, Jézequel, & Janvier, 2010, p. 34). The exchanges are not only of economic order and also participate in the symbolic world. Our main question is: can the relations of exchange become emancipated from the reification? We illustrate this chapter with the case of the Kabylian traditional society and market (Benet, 1957–1975) where the practices of exchanges are not only of economic order (redistribution …) but also matter with the symbolic world (honour).Findings Even today, in Kabylia, the survival of an ancestral social organisation (tajmaat) which has anchored in tradition and rooted values (tirugza) and practices (tiwiza) sometimes allows the local populations to offer the missing public goods or the solidarity towards those who need help (elders, orphans).Originality/value In traditional Kabyle society, exchange practices are not only economic in nature (they contribute to mutual assistance, redistribution, etc.), but are also symbolic.
VL  - 10
SN  - 978-1-78560-980-0, 978-1-78560-979-4/2043-9059
DO  - 10.1108/S2043-905920160000010029
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S2043-905920160000010029
AU  - Abrika Belaïd
AU  - Paranque Bernard
AU  - Perret Cécile
PY  - 2016
Y1  - 2016/01/01
TI  - Local Systems of Exchange in Kabylia: Economy of Reciprocity and Constraint of Traditions
T2  - Finance Reconsidered: New Perspectives for a Responsible and Sustainable Finance
T3  - Critical Studies on Corporate Responsibility, Governance and Sustainability
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 229
EP  - 243
Y2  - 2024/04/23
ER  -