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Power And Its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives On Politics (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780745316857)
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x'Gledhill manages to cover a lot of ground in drawing out the thematic and theoretical focuses of political anthropology, brilliantly giving them life through a wide variety of empirical examples. ... The book will serve as a very good introduction to political anthropology for any student of power and politics.' Journal of Peace Research
In this fully updated edition of Power and Its Disguises, John Gledhill explores both the complexities of local situations and the power relations that shape the global order. He shows how historically informed anthropological perspectives can contribute to debates about democratisation by incorporating a 'view from below' and revealing forces that shape power relations behind the formal facade of state institutions. Examples are drawn from Brazil, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guatemala, Indonesia, India, Mexico, Peru, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Sri Lanka, amongst others.
Author: John Gledhill
ISBN-10: 0745316859
ISBN-13: 9780745316857
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Language: English
Published: 07/20/2000
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.37w x 0.65d
By John Gledhill
xC.W. Watson teaches in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Kent at Canterbury. He is editor (with Roy F. Ellen) of Understanding Witchcraft and Sorcery in Southeast Asia (1994) and is the author of Kinship, Property and Inheritance in Kerinci, Central Sumatra (1994).
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