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African Political Systems Revisited - Changing Perspectives On Statehood And Power

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 Reexamining a classical work of Social Anthropology, African Political Systems (1940), edited by Fortes and Evans-Pritchard, this book looks at the colonial and academic context from which the work arose, as well as its reception and its subject matter and looks at how the work can help with analysis of current politics in Africa.
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Irish/Ness Is All Around Us - Language Revivalism And The Culture Of Ethnic Identity In Northern Ireland

by Olaf Zenker

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 Focusing on Irish speakers in Catholic West Belfast, this ethnography on Irish language and identity explores the complexities of changing, and contradictory, senses of Irishness and shifting practices of "Irish culture" in the domains of language, music, dance, and sports.
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Staying At Home - Identities, Memories And Social Networks Of Kazakhstani Germans

by Rita Sanders

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 This book explores the interplay of those memories, social networks and state policies which play a role in the 'construction' of a Kazakhstani German identity. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Kazakhstan.
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On Retaliation - Towards An Interdisciplinary Understanding Of A Basic Human Condition

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 Deriving a concept of retaliation from the overall notion of reciprocity, contributors to this volume touch upon the interaction between retaliation and violence, the state's monopoly on legitimate punishment, socio-political frameworks, religious interpretations, and economic processes.
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Playing The Marginality Game - Identity Politics In West Africa

by Anita Schroven

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 In Guinea, situated in the background of central government struggles, rural elites, through the use of identity politics, employ history and contemporary political reforms to maintain their privileges and perpetuate a generation-old local social contract that bridges ethnic and religious divides.
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Mobile Urbanity - Somali Presence In Urban East Africa

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 Demystifying Somali residence and mobility in urban East Africa, this volume shows its historical depth, and explores the social, cultural and political underpinnings of Somali-led urban transformation.
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Space, Place And Identity - Wodaabe Of Niger In The 21st Century

by Florian Köhler

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 Known as highly mobile cattle nomads, the Wodaabe in Niger are today increasingly engaged in a transformation process towards a more diversified livelihood based primarily on agro-pastoralism and urban work migration. This book examines recent transformations in spatial patterns...
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On Mediation - Historical, Legal, Anthropological And International Perspectives

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 The book observes historical and current relations between mediation and the criminal justice system and provides anthropological perspectives and case studies to explore mediation and arbitration in international arenas.
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Entrepreneurs Of Identity - The Islamic State'S Symbolic Repertoire

by Christoph Günther

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 Understanding the Islamic State's ideologues as 'entrepreneurs of identity', this book explores how the group defined categories of social identity and used these categories as tools of communicative and cognitive structuring.
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How Enemies Are Made - Towards A Theory Of Ethnic And Religious Conflict

by Günther Schlee

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 In popular perception cultural differences or ethnic affiliation are factors that cause conflict or political fragmentation although this is not borne out by historical evidence. This book puts forward an alternative conflict theory...
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Changing Identifications And Alliances In North-East Africa - Volume Ii: Sudan, Uganda, And The Ethiopia-Sudan Borderlands

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 Draws on the expertise of historians, anthropologists and geographers Illustrates the way identities are formed and change over time Relies on the expertise of a number of experienced and knowledgeable scholars working on this region
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Domesticating Youth - Youth Bulges And Their Socio-Political Implications In Tajikistan

by Sophie Roche

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 Introduces the discussion about youth bulge into social anthropology Offers a social anthropological approach to demographic and political dynamics Suggests a new way of thinking about social change in youth bulge societies
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'City Of The Future' - Built Space, Modernity And Urban Change In Astana

by Mateusz Laszczkowski

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 The long-awaited comprehensive account of the rise of Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan, this book argues for an understanding of space as inextricably material-and-imaginary, and unceasingly dynamic - allowing for a plurality of incompatible pasts and futures materialized in spatial form.
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Bishkek Boys - Neighbourhood Youth And Urban Change In Kyrgyzstan'S Capital

by Philipp Schröder

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 Bishkek Boys offers unique insights into how post-Socialist economic liberalization, rural-urban migration and (state) ethnic nationalism have reshaped social relations among the boys who come of age in this Central Asian urban environment.
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Difference And Sameness As Modes Of Integration - Anthropological Perspectives On Ethnicity And Religion

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 What does it mean to "fit in?" This volume of essays demystifies the discourse on identity, challenging common assumptions about role of similarity in inclusion and exclusion. Armed with intimate knowledge of local social structures, these essays tease out the ways in which ethnicity, religion and nationalism are used for social integration.
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African Political Systems Revisited - Changing Perspectives On Statehood And Power

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 Reexamining a classical work of Social Anthropology, African Political Systems (1940), edited by Fortes and Evans-Pritchard, this book looks at the colonial and academic context from which the work arose, as well as its reception and its subject matter and looks at how the work can help with analysis of current politics in Africa.
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Wheel Of Autonomy - Rhetoric And Ethnicity In The Omo Valley

by Felix Girke

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 Through the theoretical lens of rhetoric, this book offers an interactionalist analysis of how the Kara â€" a small population in southern Ethiopia â€" negotiate ethnic and non-ethnic differences among themselves, the relations with their various neighbors, and eventually their integration in the Ethiopian state.
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Lands Of The Future - Anthropological Perspectives On Pastoralism, Land Deals And Tropes Of Modernity In Eastern Africa

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 Rangeland, forests and riverine landscapes of pastoral communities in Eastern Africa are increasingly under threat. Abetted by states who think that outsiders can better use the lands than the people who have lived there for centuries, outside commercial interests have displaced indigenous dwellers from pastoral territories. This volume presents case studies from Eastern Africa.
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Difference And Sameness As Modes Of Integration - Anthropological Perspectives On Ethnicity And Religion

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 What does it mean to â€œfit in?â€ This volume of essays demystifies the discourse on identity, challenging common assumptions about role of similarity in inclusion and exclusion. Armed with intimate knowledge of local social structures, these essays tease out the ways in which ethnicity, religion and nationalism are used for social integration.
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The Upper Guinea Coast In Global Perspective

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 For centuries, Africaâ€™s Upper Guinea Coast region has been the site of regional and global interactions, with societies from different parts of the world engaging in economic trade, cultural exchange, and conflict. This book examines how such encounters have continued into the present day, identifying the disruptions and continuities in social phenomena that have resulted.
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This Land Is Not For Sale - Trust And Transitions In Northern Uganda

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 <p>Although violent conflict has declined in northern Uganda, tensions and mistrust concerning land have increased. Residents try to deal with acquisitions by investors and exclusions from forests and wildlife reserves. Land wrangles among neighbours and relatives are widespread. The growing commodification of land challenges ideals of entrustment for future generations. Using extended case studies, collaborating researchers analyze the principles and practices that shape access to land. Contributors examine the multiplicity of land claims, the nature of transactions and the management of conflicts. They show how access to land is governed through intimate relations of gender, generation and belonging.</p>
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Bishkek Boys - Neighbourhood Youth And Urban Change In Kyrgyzstanâ€™S Capital

by Philipp Schröder

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 Bishkek Boys offers unique insights into how post-Socialist economic liberalization, rural-urban migration and (state) ethnic nationalism have reshaped social relations among the boys who come of age in this Central Asian urban environment.
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Mobile Urbanity - Somali Presence In Urban East Africa

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 Demystifying Somali residence and mobility in urban East Africa, this volume shows its historical depth, and explores the social, cultural and political underpinnings of Somali-led urban transformation. In so doing, it offers a vivid case study of the transformative power of (forced) migration on urban centres, and the intertwining of urbanity and mobility.
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African Political Systems Revisited - Changing Perspectives On Statehood And Power

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 Reexamining a classical work of Social Anthropology, African Political Systems (1940), edited by Fortes and Evans-Pritchard, this book looks at the colonial and academic context from which the work arose, as well as its reception and its subject matter and looks at how the work can help with analysis of current politics in Africa.
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