Up, down, and sideways :: anthropologists trace the pathways of power /

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...

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Weitere Verfasser: Stryker, Rachael, 1972- (HerausgeberIn), González, Roberto J. (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2016
Schriftenreihe:Studies in public and applied anthropology.
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Zusammenfassung: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 debt culture, global financial crises, food insecurity, Indigenous land and resource appropriation, the mismanagement of health care, and corporate surrogacy within family life. With a preface by Laura Nader, this is essential reading for anyone seeking solid theories and concrete methods to inform activist scholarship
Beschreibung:1 online resource (ix, 272 pages).
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9781782384021
1782384022