A Companion to the Anthropology of Politics
Copyright © 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Editor(s): David Nugent, Joan Vincent
Published Online: 17 MAR 2008
Print ISBN: 9780631229728
Online ISBN: 9780470693681
DOI: 10.1002/9780470693681
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This Companion offers an unprecedented overview of anthropology's unique contribution to the study of politics.
- Explores the key concepts and issues of our time - from AIDS, globalization, displacement, and militarization, to identity politics and beyond
- Each chapter reflects on concepts and issues that have shaped the anthropology of politics and concludes with thoughts on and challenges for the way ahead
- Anthropology's distinctive genre, ethnography, lies at the heart of this volume