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States of Imagination: Ethnographic Explorations of the Postcolonial State

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Description for States of Imagination: Ethnographic Explorations of the Postcolonial State Paperback. Theoretically sophisticated ethnographies of different aspects of various governments, showing the importance of such work to anthropology and to the study of states in general. Editor(s): Stepputat, Finn. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR; JHMP; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 616.
The state has recently been rediscovered as an object of inquiry by a broad range of scholars. Reflecting the new vitality of the field of political anthropology, States of Imagination draws together the best of this recent critical thinking to explore the postcolonial state. Contributors focus on a variety of locations from Guatemala, Pakistan, and Peru to India and Ecuador; they study what the state looks like to those seeing it from the vantage points of rural schools, police departments, small villages, and the inside of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Focusing on the micropolitics of everyday state-making, the ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Series
Politics, History, & Culture
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822327981
SKU
V9780822327981
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About Hansen
Thomas Blom Hansen is a Reader in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh. Finn Stepputat is Senior Researcher at the Center for Development Research in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Reviews for States of Imagination: Ethnographic Explorations of the Postcolonial State
“This outstanding volume contains an excellent introductory discussion of current trends of thinking and research on the state. The first-rate articles by a mix of well- and less-known scholars are sophisticated, nuanced, and accessible.”—George Marcus, author of Ethnography Through Thick and Thin “With its wealth of empirical description coming from all parts of the postcolonial world, this book is an ... Read more

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