| Competing Power: Landscapes of Migration, Violence and the State Contributor(s): Halstead, Narmala (Author) |
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ISBN: 1785339923 ISBN-13: 9781785339929 Publisher: Berghahn Books OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration |
| Dewey: 303.309 |
| LCCN: 2018018978 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9.1" (1.10 lbs) 268 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Drawing from ethnographic material based on long-term research, this volume considers competing forms of power at micro- and macro-levels in Guyana, where the local is marked by extensive migration, corruption, and differing levels of violence. It shows how the local is occupied and re-occupied by various powerful and powerless people and entities ("big ones" and "small ones"), and how it becomes the site of intense power negotiations in relation to external ideas of empowerment. |
Contributor Bio(s): Halstead, Narmala: - Narmala Halstead is a Research Associate at the University of Sussex. Previously, she was a Reader in Anthropology at the University of East London (UEL) and also held a permanent lectureship at Cardiff University. Her research focuses on Guyana and Caribbean migrants and diaspora in New York, and currently she is working on digital personhood, rights, and debates in cities across three countries. She is the editor of the Journal of Legal Anthropology. |