Up, down, and sideways : anthropologists trace the pathways of power / edited by Rachael Stryker and Roberto J. González.

Other author Stryker, Rachael, 1972- author, editor.
Other author González, Roberto J. (Roberto Jesús), 1969- author, editor.
Format Book
PublicationNew York : Berghahn Books, [2014]
Descriptionix, 272 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Political anthropology--Case studies.
Power (Social sciences)--Case studies.

SeriesStudies in public and applied anthropology ; volume 7
Studies in public and applied anthropology v.7. ^A1107781
Contents Introduction : on studying up, down, and sideways : what's at stake? / Roberto J. Gonzalez and Rachael Stryker -- On debt : tracking the shifting role of the debtor in U.S. bankruptcy legal practice / Linda Coco -- On commerce : analyzing the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998 / Jay Ou -- On bureaucracy : excessively up at the International Labour Organisation / Ellen Hertz -- On dispossession : the work of studying up, down, and sideways in Guatemala's indigenous land rights movements / Liza Grandia -- On food : manufacturing food insecurity in Oaxaca, Mexico / Roberto J. Gonzalez -- On environment : the broker state, Peruvian hydrocarbons policy, and the Camisea gas project / Patricia Urteaga-Crovetto -- On family : adoptive parenting up, down, and sideways / Rachael Stryker -- On truth : the repressed memory wars from top to bottom / Robyn Kliger -- On common sense : lessons on starting over from post-Soviet Ukraine / Monica Eppinger -- On caring : solidarity anthropology (or, how to keep health care from becoming science fiction) / Adrienne Pine -- Conclusion : on power / Barbara Rose Johnston, Roberto J. Gonzalez, and Rachael Stryker.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 247-262).
Genre/formCase studies.
LCCN 2014000995
ISBN9781782384014 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN1782384014 (hardback : alk. paper)

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