{"product_id":"turf-wars-bettina-ngweno-9780804755962","title":"Turf Wars: Territory and Citizenship in the Contemporary State","description":"\u003cp\u003ePeople of African descent living in the Colombian Andes had long been struggling, as peasants and workers, for political participation and equal citizenship. When the 1991 Colombian Constitution enabled them to claim territory as ethnic groups, their demands became part of a growing worldwide phenomenon of citizenship claims that are based on territory and expressed through cultural distinction. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTurf Wars\u003c\/i\u003e looks at two such claims pursued by Afro-Colombians in the 1990s and investigates how territory serves to connect and disconnect citizen and state in the context of today's changing state authority, legitimacy, and institutions. Drawing from a detailed and rich ethnographic study of everyday Afro-Colombian life, the author underscores the centrality of territory to modern states and the consequences of legal categorizations of race and ethnicity. Though focused on Afro-Colombian struggles for political space in their country, \u003ci\u003eTurf Wars\u003c\/i\u003e also illustrates how these struggles are part of events and entities operating on a much broader global front.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bettina Ng'weno\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804755965\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804755962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/16\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.14h x 6.38w x 0.92d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2007 pg. 74","brand":"Bettina Ng'weno","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46747870658815,"sku":"9780804755962","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_da279711-53b6-4c71-84f9-2dfe6cc6a3a6.jpg?v=1743584972","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/turf-wars-bettina-ngweno-9780804755962","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}