Title: The everyday life of the state : a state-in-society approach /
Authors: White, Adam, 1981-
Year: 2013
Subjects: State, The Cross-cultural studies.; State, The Social aspects.; Political anthropology.; Africa, North Politics and government.; Asia Politics and government; Middle East Politics and government.
Contents: Introduction: A State-in-Society Agenda / Adam White -- Seeing the State: Kinship Networks and Kurdish Resistance in Early Republican Turkey / Ceren Belge -- Rethinking Turkish State-Kurdish Relations / Nicole f. Watts -- State-Society Relations and Religious Freedom: The United States, France, and Turkey / Ahmet T. Kuru -- Prison as a Space of State-Society Contestation: The Case of Turkish F-Type Prisons / Arda Ibikoglu -- Nationalisms Compete: The Boundaries of Arab Political Participation in Israel / Maha El-Taji Daghash -- Nation Building and Regulation of Pluri-legal Jurisdictions: The Case of the Israeli Millet System / Yüksel Sezgin -- Collaborating with the Image of the State, Resisting Its Practices, or Both? Israeli Jewish Women's Political Activism / Lauren L. Basson -- The Politics of Fracture: Identity, Difference, and Fissures in the Image of the Singulark, Unified Israeli State / Patricia J. Woods -- Revelation and Redemption: Colonial Precedents for the Politics of Islam in India and Malaysia / Iza Hussin -- (Re)Creating Democracy through Practice: Insights from the Japanese Experience / Mary Alice Haddad -- Negotiating National Identity: Berber Activism and the Moroccan State / Senem Aslan -- Challenging the Practice of the State, but Beholden to Its Image: Women's Activities, Academics, and the Public Take on Egypt's Citizenship Laws / Pamela J. Stumpo -- Conclusion / Benjamin Smith.