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Anthropology in the Margins of the State (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
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Anthropology in the Margins of the State (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
Series: School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series
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The very form and reach of the modern state are changing radically
under the pressure of globalization. Featuring nine of the leading
scholars in the field, this innovative exploration of these
transformations develops an ethnographic methodology and
theoretical apparatus to assess perceptions of power in three
regions where state reform and violence have been particularly
dramatic: Africa, Latin America, and South Asia. Rather than a
geographic border, the term "margin" describes areas far from the
centers of state sovereignty in which states are unable to ensure
implementation of their programs and policies. Understanding how
people perceive and experience the agency of the state; who is of,
and not of, the state; and how practices at the margins shape the
state itself are central themes. Drawing on fieldwork in Sierra
Leone, Sri Lanka, Peru, Guatemala, India, Chad, Colombia, and South
Africa, the contributors examine official documentary practices and
their forms and falsifications; the problems that highly mobile
mercenaries, currency, goods, arms, and diamonds pose to the state;
emerging non-state regulatory authorities; and the role language
plays as cultures struggle to articulate their situation. These
case studies provide wide-ranging analyses of the relationship
between states and peoples on the edges of state power's effective
reign.
General
Imprint: |
School of American Research Press,U.S.
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series |
Release date: |
May 2004 |
Editors: |
Veena Das
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
330 |
Edition: |
Illustrated Ed |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-930618-41-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Sociology, social studies >
Anthropology >
General
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LSN: |
1-930618-41-7 |
Barcode: |
9781930618411 |
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