{"product_id":"9781405114684","title":"The Anthropology of the State A Reader","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThe Anthropology of the State\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Reader\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAradhana Sharma | Akhil Gupta\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Anthropology \/ Cultural \u0026amp; Social\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis innovative reader brings together classic theoretical texts and cutting-edge ethnographic analyses of specific state institutions, practices, and processes and outlines an anthropological framework for rethinking future study of “the state”. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocuses on the institutions, spaces, ideas, practices, and representations that constitute the “state”.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePromotes cultural and transnational approaches to the subject.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHelps readers to make anthropological sense of the state as a cultural artifact, in the context of a neoliberalizing, transnational world.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAradhana Sharma\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Women’s Studies at Wesleyan University.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAkhil Gupta\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology at Stanford University. His previous publications include \u003ci\u003eAnthropological Locations: Boundaries and Grounds of a Field Science\u003c\/i\u003e (ed. 1997), \u003ci\u003eCulture, Power, Place: Explorations in Critical Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e (ed. 1997), \u003ci\u003ePostcolonial Developments: Agriculture in the Making of Modern India\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), and \u003ci\u003eCaste and Outcast\u003c\/i\u003e (ed. 2002).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e31 January 2006\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405114684\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e432\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26.88\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44312266670220,"sku":"9781405114684","price":64.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405114684_556be33c-33d3-4bc0-8443-528ea9a8d427.jpg?v=1780154667","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781405114684","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}