Up, Down, and Sideways: Anthropologists Trace the Pathways of Power

Up, Down, and Sideways: Anthropologists Trace the Pathways of Power
ISBN-10
1782384022
ISBN-13
9781782384021
Category
Political Science
Pages
284
Language
English
Published
2014-08-01
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Authors
Rachael Stryker, Roberto J. Gon

Description

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.

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