{"product_id":"power-community-and-the-state-monique-nuijten-9780745319469","title":"Power, Community and the State: The Political Anthropology of Organisation in Mexico","description":"This book explores the balance of power between the state and local communities, with particular reference to societies in the developing world. Monique Nuijten shows how rituals of bureaucratic power and accusations of corruption give flesh to incredible fantasies, and conspiracy theories among officials, peasants and brokers. At the same time she shows that in this labyrinthine world of bureaucratic obstacles and state control, local agrarian communities manage to find certain room for autonomy. Drawing on her extensive fieldwork in Mexico, Nuijten draws wide conclusions that can be applied to many societies. Providing a detailed ethnography, she focuses on various themes, including a theoretical anthropology of state power; families and factionalism after agrarian reform; local organisation; questions of law; corruption; and development theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Monique Nuijten\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745319467\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745319469\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/20\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.58h x 5.46w x 0.61d","brand":"Monique Nuijten","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443649065215,"sku":"9780745319469","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5bde579e-5ff1-4e40-b99a-e3b7d694ab51.jpg?v=1777206875","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/power-community-and-the-state-monique-nuijten-9780745319469","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}