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Up, down, and sideways : anthropologists trace the pathways of power / edited by Rachael Stryker and Roberto J. González.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in public and applied anthropology ; Volume 7.
- Studies in Public and Applied Anthropology ; Volume 7
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political anthropology--Case studies.
- Political anthropology.
- Power (Social sciences)--Case studies.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (284 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 readi
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-80758-272-8
- 1-78238-402-2
- OCLC:
- 884645736
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