State Formation: Anthropological Perspectives

by Christian Krohn-Hansen and Knut G. Nustad

What is the 'state' and how can we best study it? This book investigates new ways of analysing the state.

The contributors argue that the state is not a fixed and definite object. Our perceptions of it are constantly changing, and differ from person to person. What is your idea of the state if you are a refugee? Or if you are living in post-aparteid South Africa? Our perceptions are formed and sustained by evolving discourses and techniques...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074532441X
• ISBN13: 9780745324418
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.3"