The politics of relations: how self-government, infrastructures, and care transform the state in Serbia

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 t...

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Main Author: Thiemann, Andre 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford Berghahn Books [2024]
Series:EASA Series Band 49
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Online Access:DE-19
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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 which are tolerated by trans-national donors
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9781805395539
9781805395522
DOI:10.1515/9781805395539