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The Politics of Relations : How Self-Government, Infrastructures, and Care Transform the State in Serbia / André Thiemann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thiemann, André, author.
- Series:
- EASA series ; v. 49.
- EASA Series ; volume 49
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Local government--Serbia.
- Local government.
- Political participation--Social aspects--Serbia.
- Political participation.
- Representative government and representation--Serbia.
- Representative government and representation.
- Civil society--Serbia.
- Civil society.
- Serbia--Politics and government--2006-.
- Serbia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (300 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2024.
- Summary:
- Rethinking the contributions of the Manchester School of Social Anthropology for political ethnography, the Politics of Relations elaborates its relational approach to the state along four interlaced axes of research, embeddedness, boundary work, modalities and strategic selectivity, that enable thick comparisons across spatio-temporal scales of power. In Serbia local experiences of self-government, infrastructure and care motivate its citizens to "become the state" while cursing it heartily. While both officials and citizens strive for a state that enables a "normal life," they navigate the increasingly illiberal politics enacted by national parties and tolerated by trans-national donors.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Text
- Acronyms
- Introduction: The Politics of Relations
- Part I The Local Council
- Prelude I The Ethnographic Position
- Chapter 1 Embeddedness: Between Government and Representation
- Interlude I Transformations of Local Self-Government
- Chapter 2 Boundary Work: Rhythms of Self-Government and Infrastructural Gridding
- Chapter 3 Of Refugees and Fathers: The Tacit Social Policy of the Mesna Zajednica
- Part II The Centre for Social Work
- Prelude II Social Security and Care
- Chapter 4 Modalities of Social Work: Inclusive Distribution vs. Exclusive Protection
- Chapter 5 The Strategic Selectivity of Senior Home Care
- Conclusion. Contours of a Relational Approach to the State
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781805395522
- 1805395521
- 9781805395539
- 180539553X
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