Revisiting ‘States at Work. Dynamics of African Bureaucracies’
‘States at Work’ aims to contribute to the academic debates on processes of state-building in Africa, and, among development practitioners, on the role of…
Read More‘States at Work’ aims to contribute to the academic debates on processes of state-building in Africa, and, among development practitioners, on the role of…
Read MoreHow political authority and legitimacy are sustained in societies marked by socio-economic inequality and political exclusion has been a long-standing preoccupation in the social…
Read MoreIn 2011, China’s state-run general content television channel, CCTV-4, launched a monumental 100-part series with a title that translates as “Borderland Journey” (边疆行). The premise…
Read MoreIn this panel, the three discussants, Jeanne Feaux de la Croix, Mateusz Laszczkowski, and Julie McBrien are discussing the following three books: Tim Epkenhans….
Read MoreIn an address to students at Indiana University in 2015, anthropologist and journalist Sarah Kendzior described Central Asian Studies as a ‘dying field’ and…
Read MoreVictor flew into the tackle, blocking the opponent’s shot at goal. Shouts of praise went up from the fans and substitutes standing on the…
Read MorePorous borders What has happened on Libya’s borders in recent years? Here are some examples: During the insurgency and civil war in Mali in…
Read MoreProf. Dr. Shalini Randeria gave the “Zukunftskolleg Lecture” at the University of Konstanz in Germany on May 4, 2017. Prof. Randeria is Rector of…
Read MoreNayanika Mathur’s Paper Tiger. Law, Bureaucracy and the Developmental State in Himalayan India is an ethnography of the everyday life of law and bureaucracy. It…
Read MoreAfter a well deserved break during the holiday season, Allegra is back and full of energy for yet another exciting year! We have lots…
Read MoreAntonio, you decided to run for the elections of the new EASA committee. Can you let EASA members know a little bit about your…
Read MoreWhen we think about deserts, we usually imagine them as quintessentially remote. We tend to take their remoteness as primordial rather than see it…
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