Placeholder text

Go to cart

The Anthropology of Power

By Angela Cheater

The Anthropology of Power Law

The Anthropology of Power

0 - Default Title
Description
"The Anthropology of Power presents case studies from a wide range of societies to examine the issues surrounding power and empowerment and to question whether power is actually being transferred to the powerless. This collection draws on ethnographic material from Europe, the Middle East, Australasia, Africa and the Americas exploring how traditionally disempowered groups gain influence in postcolonial and multicultural settings, from civil war to new communication technologies, from religious imperialism to transnational mining investments. It surveys the relationships between empowerment and economic development, gender and environmentalism. The contributors confront post-Foucauldian theoretical issues on the nature, distribution and balance of power, and ask whether the rhetoric of "empowerment" actually masks a lack of change in established power relations. This is a wide-ranging international collection featuring contributors from the UK, Portugal, Iceland, the Czech Republic, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Canada, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
224
Release Date:
1999-03-01
Publication Date:
1999-02-18
Publisher:
Routledge
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0415193885
ISBN13:
9780415193887
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
505 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
Buy on Amazon
Currently sold out