ISBN:
9781782384021
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (284 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Studies in Public and Applied Anthropology v.7
Series Statement:
Studies in Public and Applied Anthropology Ser v.7
Parallel Title:
Print version Up, Down, and Sideways : Anthropologists Trace the Pathways of Power
DDC:
306.2
Keywords:
Political anthropology ; Case studies
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Power (Social sciences) ; Case studies
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Using a “vertical slice” approach, anthropologists critically analyze the relationship between undemocratic uses and abuses of power and the survival of the human species. The contributors scrutinize modern institutions in a variety of regions—from Russia and Mexico to South Korea and the U.S. Up, Down, and Sideways is an ethnographic examination of such phenomena as debtculture, global financial crises, food insecurity, indigenous land and resource appropriation, the mismanagement of health care, andcorporate surrogacy within family life. With a preface by Laura Nader, this isessential reading for anyone seeking solid theories and concrete methods to inform activist scholarship.
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Conclusion; Contributors; References; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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