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With half of humanity already living in towns and cities and that
proportion expected to increase in the coming decades, society -
both Western and non-Western - is fast becoming urban and even
mega-urban. As such, research in urban settings is evidently timely
and of great importance. Anthropology in the City brings together a
leading team of anthropologists to address the complex
methodological and theoretical challenges posed by field-research
in urban settings, clearly identifying the significance of the
anthropological paradigm in urban research and its centrality both
to mainstream academic debates and to society more broadly. With
essays from experts on wide-ranging ethnographic research from
fields as diverse as China, Europe, India, Latin and North America
and South East Asia, this book demonstrates the contribution that
empirically-based anthropological analysis can make to our
understanding of our increasingly urban world.
Against the background of unease at the increasingly loose and
conflictual relationship between citizenship and governance, this
book brings together rich, ethnographic studies from EU member
states and post-Communist and Middle-Eastern countries in the
Mediterranean Region to illustrate the crisis of legitimacy
inherent in the weakening link between political responsibility and
trust in the exercise of power. With close attention to the impact
of the ambiguities and distortions of governance at the local level
and their broader implications at the international level, where a
state's legitimacy depends on its democratic credentials,
Citizenship and the Legitimacy of Governance initiates a
comparative discussion of the relationship between established
moralities, politics, law and civil society in a highly diversified
region with a strong history of cultural exchange. Demonstrating
that a comparative anthropological analysis has much to offer to
our understanding, this volume reveals that the city is a crucial
arena for the renegotiation of citizenship, democracy and
belonging.
The complex, highly problematic, often thorny dynamics of trust and
authority are central to the anthropological study of legitimacy.
In this book, this sine qua non runs across the in-depth
examination of the ways in which healthcare and public health are
managed by the authorities and experienced by the people on the
ground in urban Europe, the USA, India, Africa, Latin America and
the Far and Middle East. This book brings comparatively together
anthropological studies on healthcare and public health rigorously
based on in-depth empirical knowledge. Inspired by the current
debate on legitimacy, legitimation and de-legitimation, the
contributions do not refrain from taking into account the impact of
the Covid-19 pandemic on the health systems under study, but
carefully avoid letting this issue monopolise the discussion. This
book raises key challenges to our understanding of healthcare
practices and the governance of public health. With a keen eye on
urban life, its inequalities and the ever-expanding gap between
rulers and the ruled, the findings address important questions on
the complex ways in which authorities gain, keep, or lose the
public’s trust.
This book explores illegal forms of corruption and, more widely,
moral and legal forms of corruption. The authors draw on detailed
ethnographic accounts of corrupt practice at local, national and
international levels. Coverage includes both Western and
non-Western societies, from Italy to Latin America, to Albania,
Africa and post-Soviet bureaucracy in Russia, Mongolia and
Kazakhstan. There is also a chapter on corruption in the context of
globalization. Key issues discussed include the problems caused by
the inflated rhetoric of corruption and by the inadequacy of
official definitions. The authors look at measures designed to
bring corruption under some degree of control, discussing the level
of legal intervention compatible with public expectations and with
the dynamics of trust and responsibility. This fascinating book
makes a significant contribution to our understanding of
conflicting public and private moralities.
Against the background of unease at the increasingly loose and
conflictual relationship between citizenship and governance, this
book brings together rich, ethnographic studies from EU member
states and post-Communist and Middle-Eastern countries in the
Mediterranean Region to illustrate the crisis of legitimacy
inherent in the weakening link between political responsibility and
trust in the exercise of power. With close attention to the impact
of the ambiguities and distortions of governance at the local level
and their broader implications at the international level, where a
state's legitimacy depends on its democratic credentials,
Citizenship and the Legitimacy of Governance initiates a
comparative discussion of the relationship between established
moralities, politics, law and civil society in a highly diversified
region with a strong history of cultural exchange. Demonstrating
that a comparative anthropological analysis has much to offer to
our understanding, this volume reveals that the city is a crucial
arena for the renegotiation of citizenship, democracy and
belonging.
With half of humanity already living in towns and cities and that
proportion expected to increase in the coming decades, society -
both Western and non-Western - is fast becoming urban and even
mega-urban. As such, research in urban settings is evidently timely
and of great importance. Anthropology in the City brings together a
leading team of anthropologists to address the complex
methodological and theoretical challenges posed by field-research
in urban settings, clearly identifying the significance of the
anthropological paradigm in urban research and its centrality both
to mainstream academic debates and to society more broadly. With
essays from experts on wide-ranging ethnographic research from
fields as diverse as China, Europe, India, Latin and North America
and South East Asia, this book demonstrates the contribution that
empirically-based anthropological analysis can make to our
understanding of our increasingly urban world.
This book explores illegal forms of corruption and, more widely,
moral and legal forms of corruption. The authors draw on detailed
ethnographic accounts of corrupt practice at local, national and
international levels. Coverage includes both Western and
non-Western societies, from Italy to Latin America, to Albania,
Africa and post-Soviet bureaucracy in Russia, Mongolia and
Kazakhstan. There is also a chapter on corruption in the context of
globalization. Key issues discussed include the problems caused by
the inflated rhetoric of corruption and by the inadequacy of
official definitions. The authors look at measures designed to
bring corruption under some degree of control, discussing the level
of legal intervention compatible with public expectations and with
the dynamics of trust and responsibility. This fascinating book
makes a significant contribution to our understanding of
conflicting public and private moralities.
This collection brings together leading thinkers on human beings in
urban spaces and inequalities therein. The contributors eschew
conceptual confusion between equality - of opportunity, of access,
of the right to compete for whatever goal one chooses to pursue -
and levelling. The discussions develop in the belief that old and
emerging forms of inequality in urban settings need to be
understood in depth, as does the machinery that, as masterfully
elucidated by Hannah Arendt, operates behind oppression to sustain
power and inequality. Anthropologists and fellow
ethnographically-committed social scientists examine
socio-economic, cultural and political forms of urban inequality in
different settings, helping to address comparatively these
dynamics.
This collection brings together leading thinkers on human beings in
urban spaces and inequalities therein. The contributors eschew
conceptual confusion between equality - of opportunity, of access,
of the right to compete for whatever goal one chooses to pursue -
and levelling. The discussions develop in the belief that old and
emerging forms of inequality in urban settings need to be
understood in depth, as does the machinery that, as masterfully
elucidated by Hannah Arendt, operates behind oppression to sustain
power and inequality. Anthropologists and fellow
ethnographically-committed social scientists examine
socio-economic, cultural and political forms of urban inequality in
different settings, helping to address comparatively these
dynamics.
These ethnographically-based studies of diverse urban experiences
across the world present cutting edge research and stimulate an
empirically-grounded theoretical reconceptualization. The essays
identify ethnography as a powerful tool for making sense of life in
our rapidly changing, complex cities. They stress the point that
while there is no need to fetishize fieldwork-or to view it as an
end in itself -its unique value cannot be overstated. These active,
engaged researchers have produced essays that avoid abstractions
and generalities while engaging with the analytical complexities of
ethnographic evidence. Together, they prove the great value of
knowledge produced by long-term fieldwork to mainstream academic
debates and, more broadly, to society.
These ethnographically-based studies of diverse urban experiences
across the world present cutting edge research and stimulate an
empirically-grounded theoretical reconceptualization. The essays
identify ethnography as a powerful tool for making sense of life in
our rapidly changing, complex cities. They stress the point that
while there is no need to fetishize fieldwork-or to view it as an
end in itself -its unique value cannot be overstated. These active,
engaged researchers have produced essays that avoid abstractions
and generalities while engaging with the analytical complexities of
ethnographic evidence. Together, they prove the great value of
knowledge produced by long-term fieldwork to mainstream academic
debates and, more broadly, to society.
With the growing fragmentation of western societies and
disillusionment with the political process, the question of
legitimacy has become one of the key issues of contemporary
politics and is examined in this volume in depth for the first
time. Drawing on ethnographic material from the U.S., Europe,
India, Japan, and Africa, anthropologists and legal scholars
investigate the morally diversified definitions of legitimacy that
co-exist in any one society. Aware of the tensions between state
morality and community morality, they offer reflections on the
relationship between agency -- individual and collective -- and the
legal and political systems. In a situation in which politics has
only too often degenerated into vacuous rhetoric, this volume
demonstrates how critical the relationship between trust and
legitimacy is for the authoritative exercise of power in democratic
societies.
Global in scope, this original and thought-provoking collection
applies new theory on legitimacy and legitimation to urban life. An
informed reflection on this comparatively new topic in anthropology
in relation to morality, action, law, politics and governance is
both timely and innovative, especially as worldwide discontent
among ordinary people grows. The ethnographically-based analyses
offered here range from banking to neighbourhoods, from poverty to
political action at the grassroots. They recognize the growing gap
between the rulers and the ruled with particular attention to the
morality of what is right as opposed to what is legal. This book is
a unique contribution to social theory, fostering discussion across
the many boundaries of anthropological and sociological studies.
Global in scope, this original and thought-provoking collection
applies new theory on legitimacy and legitimation to urban life. An
informed reflection on this comparatively new topic in anthropology
in relation to morality, action, law, politics and governance is
both timely and innovative, especially as worldwide discontent
among ordinary people grows. The ethnographically-based analyses
offered here range from banking to neighbourhoods, from poverty to
political action at the grassroots. They recognize the growing gap
between the rulers and the ruled with particular attention to the
morality of what is right as opposed to what is legal. This book is
a unique contribution to social theory, fostering discussion across
the many boundaries of anthropological and sociological studies.
With the growing fragmentation of western societies and
disillusionment with the political process, the question of
legitimacy has become one of the key issues of contemporary
politics and is examined in this volume in depth for the first
time. Drawing on ethnographic material from the U.S., Europe,
India, Japan, and Africa, anthropologists and legal scholars
investigate the morally diversified definitions of legitimacy that
co-exist in any one society. Aware of the tensions between state
morality and community morality, they offer reflections on the
relationship between agency - individual and collective - and the
legal and political systems. In a situation in which politics has
only too often degenerated into vacuous rhetoric, this volume
demonstrates how critical the relationship between trust and
legitimacy is for the authoritative exercise of power in democratic
societies.
Neapolitan scholar Italo Pardo has produced a thoughtful and original account of the moral life of Naples, where the ethics of family and neighborhood exist in tension with the constraints of church and government. Dr. Pardo shows how different ethical systems are accommodated in the choices of everyday life, while success is measured by satisfying spiritual obligations as well as by material gain. This is one of the very few ethnographic studies of a European city; it questions old assumptions and raises fresh issues in the field of urban studies.
Italo Pardo has produced a thoughtful and original account of the
moral life of Naples, a city in which the ethics of work, family
and neighbourhood exist in complex relationship with the teachings
of the church and, crucial to key processes of democracy, with the
power and limitations of law, bureaucracy and government. Dr Pardo
identifies the importance of strong continuous interaction between
material and non-material aspects in the entrepreneurial strategies
of the ordinary Neapolitan and shows the ways in which different
ethical systems are negotiated in everyday life. Success is
measured not only by material gain, but also by satisfying
spiritual obligations and meeting the claims of intimate loyalties.
This is one of the very few ethnographic studies of a European
city; it questions old assumptions and raises fresh issues in the
field of urban studies, demonstrating the significance of empirical
analysis to mainstream debates in social theory.
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