Anthropologists in the Securityscape - Ethics, Practice, and Professional Identity (Paperback)

As the military and intelligence communities re-tool for the 21st century, the long and contentious debate about the role of social scientists in national security environments is dividing the disciplines with renewed passion. Yet, research shows that most scholars have a weak understanding of what today's security institutions actually are and what working in them entails. This book provides an essential new foundation for the debate, with fine-grained accounts of the complex and varied work of cultural, physical, and linguistic anthropologists and archaeologists doing security-related work in governmental and military organizations, the private sector, and NGOs. In candid and provocative dialogues, leading anthropologists interrogate the dilemmas of ethics in practice and professional identity. Anthropologists in the SecurityScape is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand or influence the relationship between anthropology and security in the twenty-first century.

General

Imprint:	Left Coast Press Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2011
First published:	2012
Editors:	Robert Albro • Monica Schoch-Spana • George Marcus • Laura A. McNamara
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	277
ISBN-13:	978-1-61132-013-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
LSN:	1-61132-013-5
Barcode:	9781611320138

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