Up, Down, and Sideways

Anthropologists Trace the Pathways of Power

286 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Using a "vertical slice" approach, anthropologists critically analyze the relationship between undemocratic uses and abuses of power and the survival of the human species. The contributors scrutinize modern institutions in a variety of regions-from Russia and Mexico to South Korea and the U.S. Up, Down, and Sideways is an ethnographic examination of such phenomena as debtculture, global financial crises, food insecurity, indigenous land and resource appropriation, the mismanagement of health care, andcorporate surrogacy within family life. With a preface by Laura Nader, this isessential reading for anyone seeking solid theories and concrete methods to inform activist scholarship.

• Reihe: Studies in Public and Applied Anthropology
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Politik und Staat Politische Ideologien und Bewegungen
• ISBN: 9781782384014
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.08.2014
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Herausgegeben von: Rachael Stryker, Roberto J. Gon