Stategraphy: Toward a Relational Anthropology of the State by Tatjana Thelen (En

Description: Stategraphy by Tatjana Thelen, Larissa Vetters, Keebet von Benda-Beckmann In Stategraphy, the contributors explore state transformations in relation to social security in a variety of locations. Fusing grounded empirical studies with rigorous theorizing, the volume provides new perspectives to broader related debates in social research and political analysis. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Stategraphy—the ethnographic exploration of relational modes, boundary work, and forms of embeddedness of actors—offers crucial analytical avenues for researching the state. By exploring interactions and negotiations of local actors in different institutional settings, the contributors explore state transformations in relation to social security in a variety of locations spanning from Russia, Eastern Europe, and the Balkans to the United Kingdom and France. Fusing grounded empirical studies with rigorous theorizing, the volume provides new perspectives to broader related debates in social research and political analysis. Author Biography Tatjana Thelen is full professor in the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Vienna, and recently fellow at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Bielefeld University, leading the research group on "Kinship and Politics." She coedited a special issue of Focaal – Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology entitled "Social Security and Care after Socialism" (2007) and the volume Reconnecting State and Kinship (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017). Table of Contents Introduction to Stategraphy: Toward a Relational Anthropology of the StateTatjana Thelen, Larissa Vetters, and Keebet von Benda-BeckmannChapter 1. Contingent Statehood: Clientelism and Civic Engagement as Relational Modalities in Contemporary Bosnia and HerzegovinaLarissa VettersChapter 2. The State, Legal Rigor, and the Poor: The Daily Practice of Welfare ControlVincent DuboisChapter 3. Relationships, Practices, and Images of the Local State in Rural RussiaRebecca KayChapter 4. Acts of Assistance: Navigating the Interstices of the British State with the Help of Non-profit Legal AdvisersAlice Forbess and Deborah JamesChapter 5. Images of Care, Boundaries of the State: Volunteering and Civil Society in Czech Health CareRosie ReadChapter 6. State Kinning and Kinning the State in Serbian Elder Care ProgramsTatjana Thelen, Andre Thiemann, and Duška RothChapter 7. Workings of the State: Administrative Lists, European Union Food Aid, and the Local Practices of Distribution in Rural Romaniatefan Dorondel and Mihai PopaChapter 8. Creating the State Locally through Welfare Provision: Two Mayors, Two Welfare Regimes in Rural HungaryGyöngyi Schwarcz and Alexandra SzkeBibliographyIndex Review "What is particularly notable in this book is that it narrates the complexities of the state and specificities of the local contexts in an accessible language. It also successfully escapes alienating disciplinary concepts while it does not lose the rigor of the ethnographic approach. The accessibly presented content could, therefore, easily engage in the interdisciplinary dialogue about the issues of the contemporary state." • SÜdosteuropa. Journal of Politics and Society"Stategraphy is an anthology that brings together eight insightful contributions, which are set in the context of a profound introduction. The latter finely sets out the theoretical framework and the core aim of the volume that tends to bridge the analytical gap between state image and state practice…All chapters are based on extensive ethnographic research, and thus offer insightful ethnographic accounts that are finely translated and interpreted within the mentioned analytical framework. The anthologys analytical approach reaches beyond the anthropological context; hence, it can be useful for those who are interested in the fractured, ever-shifting fields such as the state." • Anthropological Notebooks"Drawing on a rich set of case studies conducted across Europe, Stategraphy opens a new line of research in the growing field of the ethnographies of the state. Resolute to bridge the gap between cultural representations and actual practices, and attentive to the relational dimensions of street-level bureaucracies, the authors outline a comparative approach to contemporary states, which will be of interest for both anthropologists and political scientists." • Didier Fassin, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University, co-author of At the Heart of the State: The Moral Life of Institutions"This collection makes a strong case for a comparative ethnography of the (modern) state. While much of the anthropological work on the state concerns Africa, the contributions in this book draw in an innovative way on examples from Europe and Russia. The contributors/editors rightly advocate for bridging state ideas and state practices, and for taking into account the benevolent side of the state." • Pierre Oliver de Sardan, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Science Social and the Centre National de la recherché Scientifique Review Quote "What is particularly notable in this book is that it narrates the complexities of the state and specificities of the local contexts in an accessible language. It also successfully escapes alienating disciplinary concepts while it does not lose the rigor of the ethnographic approach. The accessibly presented content could, therefore, easily engage in the interdisciplinary dialogue about the issues of the contemporary state." * S Details ISBN1785336991 Publisher Berghahn Books Year 2017 ISBN-10 1785336991 ISBN-13 9781785336997 Format Hardcover Imprint Berghahn Books Subtitle Toward a Relational Anthropology of the State Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Keebet von Benda-Beckmann DEWEY 306.2 Publication Date 2017-11-30 Short Title Stategraphy Language English Series Number 4 AU Release Date 2017-11-30 NZ Release Date 2017-11-30 UK Release Date 2017-11-30 Author Keebet von Benda-Beckmann Pages 170 Series Studies in Social Analysis Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:126578129;

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