A Companion to the Anthropology of Politics (Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology)

"This Companion offers an unprecedented overview of anthropology's unique contribution to the study of politics. Explores the key concepts and issues of our time - from AIDS, globalization, displacement, and militarization, to identity politics and beyond. Each chapter reflects on concepts and issues that have shaped the anthropology of politics and concludes with thoughts on and challenges for the way ahead. Anthropology's distinctive genre, ethnography, lies at the heart of this volume."--Publisher's website A Companion to the Anthropology of Politics offers an unprecedented overview of the field, written by a breathtaking roster of contemporary scholars. This ambitious volume explores the key concepts and issues of our time - from AIDS, globalization, displacement, militarization, and neoliberalism to identity politics and beyond - in the words of the very individuals who have contributed to the development of this important field. Each author reflects on concepts and issues that have shaped the anthropology of politics and concludes with thoughts on and challenges for the way ahead. The volume as a whole is written in an accessible manner, although each chapter is crafted in its authors own unique style. At the heart of the volume lies anthropology's distinctive genre: ethnography. Offering a comprehensive understanding of anthropology's unique contribution to the study of politics, A Companion to the Anthropology of Politics will set a new benchmark for the field and will undoubtedly spur students and scholars to new heights in the decades to come. Affective states / Ann Laura Stoler After Socialism / Katherine Verdery AIDS / Brooke Grundfest Schoepf Citizenship / Aihwa Ong Cosmopolitanism / Ulf Hannerz Development / Marc Edelman and Angelique Haugerud Displacement / Elizabeth Colson Feminism / Malathi De Alwis Gender, race and class / Micaela Di Leonardo Genetic citizenship / Deborah Heath, Rayna Rapp, and Karen-Sue Taussig The global city / Saskia Sassen Globalization / Jonathan Friedman Governing states / David Nugent Hegemony / Gavin Smith Human rights / Richard Ashby Wilson Identity / Arturo Escobar Imagining nations / Akhil Gupta Infrapolitics / Steven Gregory "Mafias" / Jane and Peter Schneider Militarization / Catherine Lutz Neoliberalism: John Gledhill Popular justice / Robert Gordon Postcolonialism / K. Sivaramakrishnan Power topographies / James Ferguson Race technologies / Thomas Biolsi Sovereignty / Caroline Humphrey Transnational civil society / June Nash Transnationality / Nina Glick-Schiller. Authors reflect on concepts and issues that have shaped the anthropology of politics; Australia and refugees; Suez Canal opening Australia up to the steam boats; cultural identity, ethnography Certain attributes of anthropology make its research into politics an exhilarating if, at times, a dangerous project. Edited By David Nugent And Joan Vincent. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.