Bibliograph

Power, community and the state, the political anthropology of organisation in Mexico, Monique Nuijten

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Power, community and the state, the political anthropology of organisation in Mexico, Monique Nuijten

Language

eng

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Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Power, community and the state

Medium

electronic resource

Responsibility statement

Monique Nuijten

Series statement

Anthropology, culture & society

Sub title

the political anthropology of organisation in Mexico

Summary

This text explores the balance of power between the state and local communities, with particular reference to societies in the developing world., This book explores the balance of power between the state and local communities, with particular reference to societies in the developing world. 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, and her experience in the field of development, 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. Focusing on the relationships between a local community and the state, this study is relevant not only to political anthropology, but also to development studies more generally

Target audience

specialized

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