Ethnographies of the State in Central Asia
Performing Politics
Madeleine Reeves editor Judith Beyer editor Johan Rasanayagam editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Indiana University Press
Published:10th Jan '14
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Politics and the state in everyday life in post-Soviet Central Asia
Provides a unique perspective on how politics is performed in everyday life.
With fresh and provocative insights into the everyday reality of politics in post-Soviet Central Asia, this volume moves beyond commonplaces about strong and weak states to ask critical questions about how democracy, authority, and justice are understood in this important region. In conversation with current theories of state power, the contributions draw on extensive ethnographic research in settings that range from the local to the transnational, the mundane to the spectacular, to provide a unique perspective on how politics is performed in everyday life.
Ethnographies of the State in Central Asia is the right kind of edited volume. . . . it showcases the richness and diversity of the scholarship that is being carried out at the intersection of anthropology and science. The chapters . . . speak the same conceptual language, address each other's claims, and complement each other's insights. . . . The volume is enjoyable to read and largely jargon-free, meaning that it is suitable for assigning in an undergraduate course, but it is theoretically sophisticated enough that it will serve as a valuable source for graduate research as well.
* Russian Review *It is a rare edited volume that keeps readers moving from chapter to chapter like a single-author book, but that is precisely what Ethnographies of the State in Central Asia accomplishes.
* Central Asian SurvISBN: 9780253011404
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 685g
344 pages