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Political organization. Political anthropology

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  • Postcolonial Questionby Iain Chambers; Lidia Curti

    Routledge 1995; US$ 39.95

    Brings together renowned and emerging critical voices to respond to the questions raised by the concept of the 'post-colonial'. The contributors explore the diverse cultures which are shaping our global future. more...

  • Multicultural Riddleby Gerd Baumann

    Routledge 1999; US$ 40.95

    A comprehensive exploration of all the issues that shape our search for a multicultural society. more...

  • Ethnicityby Marcus Banks

    Routledge 1995; US$ 44.95

    While ethnicity has become a blunt and overused concept in the anthropological vocabulary it is finding increasing currency in public language and thought. The author does not attempt to define the term but rather to understand its public life. more...

  • Elite Culturesby Cris Shore; Stephen Nugent

    Routledge 2002; US$ 44.95

    What makes an elite? This authoritative new volume examines elite groups in power across Europe, North America, Mexico, Peru, Indonesia and Africa to answer this question fully at a time of their increasing dominance. more...

  • Anthropology of Violence and Conflictby Bettina Schmidt; Ingo Schroeder

    Routledge 2001; US$ 43.95

    The study of wars in Sarajevo and Sri Lanka as well as numerous less publicised conflicts, aim to create a theory of violence as cross-culturally applicable as possible. This book develops a method of cross-cultural analysis. more...

  • Encyclopedia of Race and Ethnic Studiesby Ellis Cashmore

    Routledge 2003; US$ 64.95

    The book comprises essays, each highlighting a particular word or term germane to the study of race and ethnic studies. more...

  • Samburuby Paul Spencer

    Routledge 2003; US$ 44.95

    Based on two years' study in northern Kenya, this book explores a culture in which power rests with older men. more...

  • Social Psychology of Ethnic Identityby Maykel Verkuyten

    Psychology Press 2004; US$ 95.00

    The central aim of The Social Psychology of Ethnic Identity is to show that social psychology can be used to develop a better understanding of ethnicity and how increased attention to ethnicity can benefit social psychology. more...

  • The Political Landscapeby Adam T. Smith

    University of California Press 2003; US$ 15.95

    How do landscapes?defined in the broadest sense to incorporate the physical contours of the built environment, the aesthetics of form, and the imaginative reflections of spatial representations?contribute to the making of politics? Shifting through the archaeological, epigraphic, and artistic remains of early complex societies, this provocative and far-reaching book is the first systematic attempt to explain the links between spatial organization and politics from an anthropological point of view. The Classic-period Maya, the kingdom of Urartu, and the cities of early southern Mesopotamia provide the focal points for this multidimensional account of human polities. Are the cities and villages in which we live and work, the lands that are woven... more...

  • The Anthropology of Development and Globalizationby Marc Edelman; Angelique Haugerud

    Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2005; US$ 52.95

    The Anthropology of Development and Globalization is a collection of readings that provides an unprecedented overview of this field that ranges from the field’s classical origins to today’s debates about the “magic” of the free market. Explores the foundations of the anthropology of development, a field newly animated by theories of globalization and transnationalism Framed by an encyclopedic introduction that will prove indispensable to students and experts alike Includes readings ranging from Weber and Marx and Engels to contemporary works on the politics of development knowledge, consumption, environment, gender, international NGO networks, the IMF, campaigns to reform the World Bank, the collapse of socialism,... more...