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States of Imagination
Ethnographic Explorations of the Postcolonial State
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Edited by:
Thomas Blom Hansen
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English
Published/Copyright:
2001
About this book
Theoretically sophisticated ethnographies of different aspects of various governments, showing the importance of such work to anthropology and to the study of states in general.
Author / Editor information
Thomas Blom Hansen is a Reader in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh.
Finn Stepputat is Senior Researcher at the Center for Development Research in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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“This outstanding volume contains an excellent introductory discussion of current trends of thinking and research on the state. The first-rate articles by a mix of well- and less-known scholars are sophisticated, nuanced, and accessible.”—George Marcus, author of Ethnography Through Thick and Thin
“With its wealth of empirical description coming from all parts of the postcolonial world, this book is an immensely valuable contribution to the new ethnography of the state. Hansen and Stepputat have put together a richly varied but carefully organized and theoretically productive set of studies.”—Partha Chatterjee, Columbia University
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Frontmatter
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CONTENTS
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Preface
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Introduction: States of Imagination
1 - I STATE AND GOVERNANCE
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‘‘Demonic Societies’’: Liberalism, Biopolitics, and Sovereignty
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Governing Population: The Integrated Child Development Services Program in India
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The Battlefield and the Prize: ANC’s Bid to Reform the South African State
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Imagining the State as a Space: Territoriality and the Formation of the State in Ecuador
123 - II STATE AND JUSTICE
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The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A Technique of Nation-State Formation
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Reconstructing National Identity and Renegotiating Memory: The Work of the TRC
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Rethinking Citizenship: Reforming the Law in Postwar Guatemala
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Governance and State Mythologies in Mumbai
221 - III STATE AND COMMUNITY
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Before History and Prior to Politics: Time, Space, and Territory in the Modern Peruvian Nation-State
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Urbanizing the Countryside: Armed Conflict, State Formation, and the Politics of Place in Contemporary Guatemala
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In the Name of the State? Schools and Teachers in an Andean Province
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The Captive State: Corruption, Intelligence Agencies, and Ethnicity in Pakistan
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Public Secrets, Conscious Amnesia, and the Celebration of Autonomy for Ladakh
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Bibliography
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About the Contributors
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Index
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December 12, 2001
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9780822381273
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