Power And Its Disguises - Second Edition
Subtitle: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics (Anthropology, Culture and Society)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Pluto Press
Published: September 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780745316857
Subjects: Anthropology; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Sociology; Social Science; Anthropology - Cultural; History & Theory - General; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural
First sentence: Half a century ago, the subject matter and relevance of political anthropology still seemed relatively easy to define.
Description: In this fully updated edition of Power and Its Disguises, John Gledhill explores both the complexities of local situations and the power relations that shape the global order. He shows how historically informed anthropological perspectives can contribute to debates about democratisation by incorporating a view from below and revealing forces that shape power relations behind the formal facade of state institutions. Examples are drawn from Brazil, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guatemala, Indonesia, India, Mexico, Peru, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Sri Lanka, amongst others.