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Political Anthropology: An Introduction, 4th Edition

John M Conley
4.9/5 (18275 ratings)
Description:This refreshed fourth edition of the classic Political Anthropology: An Introduction offers an up-to-date, comprehensive overview of political anthropology that covers its history, the major research findings in the field, and its theoretical concerns in both the past and present. It provides a substantial expansion of the coverage on the topic of globalization as well as new material on some of the entities that have taken on former state functions, including NGOs, multinational corporations, financial institutions, transnational "soft law" governance organizations, and technocratic elites. The research findings on all of these actors are discussed, shedding new light on such broader concepts as transparency, finance, measurement, and bureaucracy.In addition, this new edition features a new chapter highlighting recent research in political and legal anthropology that focuses on language and discourse and explores the relationship between language and power. The general message is that language is not simply the vehicle for expressing underlying realities, but a primary means for constituting such realities.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Political Anthropology: An Introduction, 4th Edition. To get started finding Political Anthropology: An Introduction, 4th Edition, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages
258
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Praeger
Release
2018
ISBN
1440835616

Political Anthropology: An Introduction, 4th Edition

John M Conley
4.4/5 (1290744 ratings)
Description: This refreshed fourth edition of the classic Political Anthropology: An Introduction offers an up-to-date, comprehensive overview of political anthropology that covers its history, the major research findings in the field, and its theoretical concerns in both the past and present. It provides a substantial expansion of the coverage on the topic of globalization as well as new material on some of the entities that have taken on former state functions, including NGOs, multinational corporations, financial institutions, transnational "soft law" governance organizations, and technocratic elites. The research findings on all of these actors are discussed, shedding new light on such broader concepts as transparency, finance, measurement, and bureaucracy.In addition, this new edition features a new chapter highlighting recent research in political and legal anthropology that focuses on language and discourse and explores the relationship between language and power. The general message is that language is not simply the vehicle for expressing underlying realities, but a primary means for constituting such realities.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Political Anthropology: An Introduction, 4th Edition. To get started finding Political Anthropology: An Introduction, 4th Edition, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
258
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Praeger
Release
2018
ISBN
1440835616
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