Up, Down, and Sideways
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Up, Down, and Sideways

Anthropologists Trace the Pathways of Power

  1. 284 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Up, Down, and Sideways

Anthropologists Trace the Pathways of Power

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction: On Studying Up, Down, and Sideways: What’s at Stake?
  8. PART I STUDYING WEALTH AND POWER
  9. PART II STUDYING ENVIRONMENT AND SUBSISTENCE
  10. PART III STUDYING RELATIONSHIPS AND BUREAUCRACIES
  11. Notes on Contributors
  12. References
  13. Index
  14. Footnote

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