The Anthropology of Citizenship. A Reader.
Sian Lazar
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Description for The Anthropology of Citizenship. A Reader.
hardcover. The Anthropology of Citizenship introduces the theoretical foundations of and cutting edge approaches to citizenship in the contemporary world, in local, national and global contexts. Key readings provide a cross-cultural perspective on citizenship practices, and an individual citizen s relationship with the state. Series: Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 688.
The Anthropology of Citizenship introduces the theoretical foundations of and cutting edge approaches to citizenship in the contemporary world, in local, national and global contexts. Key readings provide a cross-cultural perspective on citizenship practices, and an individual citizen’s relationship with the state.
- Introduces a range of exciting and cutting edge approaches to citizenship in the contemporary world
- Provides key readings for students and researchers who wish to gain an understanding of citizenship practices, and an individual’s relationship with the state in a global context
- Offers an anthropological perspective on citizenship, the self and political agency, with a focus on encounters between citizens ... Read more
- Provides students with an understanding of the theoretical foundations of citizenship, as characterized by liberal and civic republican ideas of political belonging and exclusion
- Explores how citizenship is constructed at different scales and in different spaces
- Twenty-five key writings identify what is a new and vibrant subfield within politics and anthropological research
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Series
Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781118412916
SKU
V9781118412916
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99-15
About Sian Lazar
Sian Lazar has been a lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge since 2005. She is the author of El Alto, Rebel City: Self and Citizenship in Andean Bolivia (2008), and is co-author, with Maxine Molyneux, of Doing the Rights Thing: Rights-Based Development and Latin American NGOs (2003).
Reviews for The Anthropology of Citizenship. A Reader.
"Lazar should be commended for her impressive introduction to the volume, which is in itself a valuable introduction to the anthropology of citizenship." (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 1 February 2015)