States of Imagination: Ethnographic Explorations of the Postcolonial State

Published by Duke University Press 2001

States of Imagination

Ethnographic Explorations of the Postcolonial State

Edited by: Thomas Blom Hansen , Finn Stepputat , George Steinmetz and Julia Adams

In the series Politics, History, and Culture

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822381273

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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.

Reviews

“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 Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction: States of Imagination Thomas Blom Hansen and Finn Stepputat Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I STATE AND GOVERNANCE
‘‘Demonic Societies’’: Liberalism, Biopolitics, and Sovereignty Mitchell Dean Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
Governing Population: The Integrated Child Development Services Program in India Akhil Gupta Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
The Battlefield and the Prize: ANC’s Bid to Reform the South African State Steffen Jensen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Imagining the State as a Space: Territoriality and the Formation of the State in Ecuador Sarah A. Radcliffe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
II STATE AND JUSTICE
The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A Technique of Nation-State Formation Lars Buur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Reconstructing National Identity and Renegotiating Memory: The Work of the TRC Aletta J. Norval Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	182
Rethinking Citizenship: Reforming the Law in Postwar Guatemala Rachel Sieder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Governance and State Mythologies in Mumbai Thomas Blom Hansen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
III STATE AND COMMUNITY
Before History and Prior to Politics: Time, Space, and Territory in the Modern Peruvian Nation-State David Nugent Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
Urbanizing the Countryside: Armed Conflict, State Formation, and the Politics of Place in Contemporary Guatemala Finn Stepputat Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	284
In the Name of the State? Schools and Teachers in an Andean Province Fiona Wilson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313
The Captive State: Corruption, Intelligence Agencies, and Ethnicity in Pakistan Oskar Verkaaik Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	345
Public Secrets, Conscious Amnesia, and the Celebration of Autonomy for Ladakh Martijn van Beek Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	365
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	391
About the Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	415
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	417

Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Pages
- Main content: 432

eBook

Published: December 12, 2001
ISBN: 9780822381273