The Anthropology of the State

The Anthropology of the State
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 424
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ISBN-10 : 9781405155359
ISBN-13 : 1405155353
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Book Synopsis The Anthropology of the State by : Aradhana Sharma

Download or read book The Anthropology of the State written by Aradhana Sharma and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-02-09 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative reader brings together classic theoretical textsand cutting-edge ethnographic analyses of specific stateinstitutions, practices, and processes and outlines ananthropological framework for rethinking future study of “thestate”. Focuses on the institutions, spaces, ideas, practices, andrepresentations that constitute the “state”. Promotes cultural and transnational approaches to thesubject. Helps readers to make anthropological sense of the state as acultural artifact, in the context of a neoliberalizing,transnational world.


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