Competing Power: Landscapes of Migration, Violence and the State

Halstead, Narmala

 
9781785339929: Competing Power: Landscapes of Migration, Violence and the State
ISBN 10: 1785339923 ISBN 13: 9781785339929
Publisher: Berghahn Books, 2018

Synopsis

Drawing from ethnographic material based on long-term research, this volume considers competing forms of power at micro- and macro-levels in Guyana, where the local is marked by extensive migration, corruption, and differing levels of violence. It shows how the local is occupied and re-occupied by various powerful and powerless people and entities ("big ones" and "small ones"), and how it becomes the site of intense power negotiations in relation to external ideas of empowerment.

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About the Author

Narmala Halstead is a Research Associate at the University of Sussex. Previously, she was a Reader in Anthropology at the University of East London (UEL) and also held a permanent lectureship at Cardiff University. Her research focuses on Guyana and Caribbean migrants and diaspora in New York, and currently she is working on digital personhood, rights, and debates in cities across three countries. She is the editor of the Journal of Legal Anthropology.

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Publisher
Berghahn Books
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1785339923
ISBN 13 
9781785339929
Binding
Library Binding
Edition number
1
Number of pages
270