What is the relevance today of the ideas on gift exchange in the debates on international solidarity, globalization and democratic governance?

By tracing the genealogy of the concept of gift exchange in the twentieth century, Grégoire Mallard's new book adds a building block to our comprehension of the role that anthropology, international law, and economics have played in shaping international economic governance from the age of European colonization to the latest European debt crisis. In this book launch, Prof. Mallard will discuss the lessons that can be learned for today's scholarship and political leadership.

The full book Gift Exchange is freely downloadable on the Open Access platform of Cambridge University Press.
 

Moderator:

• Annabelle Littoz-Monnet, Professor, International Relations/Political Science, Co-Director of the Global Governance Centre

Panelists:

• Gopalan Balachandran, Professor, Department of International History, Graduate Institute

• Ugo Panizza, Professor, International Economics Pictet Chair in Finance and Development, Director, Centre for Finance and Development, Director, International Centre for Monetary and Banking Studies

• Anna Leander, Professor, International Relations/ Political Science Deputy Director, Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding

• Fuad Zarbiyev, Associate Professor, Department of International Law and Co-director, LL.M. in International Law

Respondent:

• Grégoire Mallard, Professor, Department of Anthropology and Sociology
   

This event is organised by the Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy and the Global Governance Centre during the Geneva Democracy Week.