Power, Community and the State – The Political Anthropology of Organisation in Mexico : The Political Anthropology of Organisation in Mexico
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Anthropology, Culture and Society
ISBN-10
0745319467
ISBN-13
9780745319469
Publisher
Pluto Press
Imprint
Pluto Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 20th, 2003
Print length
240 Pages
Weight
365 grams
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An important contribution to debates on theorising state power
This book explores the balance of power between the state and local communities, with particular reference to societies in the developing world. Monique Nuijten shows how rituals of bureaucratic power and accusations of corruption give flesh to incredible fantasies, and conspiracy theories among officials, peasants and brokers. At the same time she shows that in this labyrinthine world of bureaucratic obstacles and state control, local agrarian communities manage to find certain room for autonomy. Drawing on her extensive fieldwork in Mexico, Nuijten draws wide conclusions that can be applied to many societies. Providing a detailed ethnography, she focuses on various themes, including a theoretical anthropology of state power; families and factionalism after agrarian reform; local organisation; questions of law; corruption; and development theory.
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