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  • Border enclaves

    An ethnography of a contested territory in Europe’s southern periphery

    Serier serie Rethinking Borders
    Border enclaves examines the Spanish enclave of Melilla as a prism for understanding Europe’s contemporary dislocations. Based on over a decade of ethnographic research, it explores how borders are enforced, contested and inhabited in a city suspended between Africa and Europe, colonial legacies and modern regimes. Through a polyphonic narrative following smugglers, migrants, teachers and ... Læs mere

    865,61 kr.

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  • Building the Commune

    Radical Democracy in Venezuela

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    Serier serie Jacobin
    Since 2011, a wave of popular mobilizations has swept the globe, from Occupy to the Arab Spring, 15M in Spain and the uprisings in Greece. Their demands were varied, but what they share is a commitment to ideals of radical democracy, and a willingness to experiment with new forms of organization to achieve this. In fact, the countries of Latin America have been experimenting with such projects ... Læs mere

    80,72 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Other Cities, Other Worlds

    Urban Imaginaries in a Globalizing Age

    Redigeret af Andreas Huyssen ...
    Other Cities, Other Worlds brings together leading scholars of cultural theory, urban studies, art, anthropology, literature, film, architecture, and history to look at non-Western global cities. The contributors focus on urban imaginaries, the ways that city dwellers perceive or imagine their own cities. Paying particular attention to the historical and cultural dimensions of urban life, they ... Læs mere

    238,24 kr.

  • The Mexican Mahjar

    Transnational Maronites, Jews, and Arabs under the French Mandate

    af Camila Pastor ...
    This prize-winning study of Levantine migration to Mexico brings "a new and revelatory light" to the subject (Christina Civantos, author of Between Argentines and Arabs).In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, migration from the Middle East brought hundreds of thousands of people to the Americas. After a pause during World War I, this intense mobility resumed in the 1920s and ... Læs mere

    94,11 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Decolonizing the Map

    Cartography from Colony to Nation

    Redigeret af James R. Akerman ...
    Almost universally, newly independent states seek to affirm their independence and identity by making the production of new maps and atlases a top priority. For formerly colonized peoples, however, this process neither begins nor ends with independence, and it is rarely straightforward. Mapping their own land is fraught with a fresh set of issues: how to define and administer their territories, ... Læs mere

    94,11 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Governing Irregular Migration

    Bordering Culture, Labour, and Security in Spain

    Serier serie Law and Society
    This thorough analysis of immigration governance in Spain explores the dynamics of inclusion and exclusion at play at one of Europe’s southern borders. David Moffette analyzes Spain’s processes of immigration governance and reveals the complicated series of legal obstacles facing many migrants.Differential access to border mobility is a central concern of contemporary politics, and nowhere is this ... Læs mere

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  • Seeing Like a Smuggler

    Borders from Below

    'This conceptually vivid book refreshes our vision' - Ruth Wilson GilmoreThe word smuggler often unleashes a simplified, negative image painted by the media and the authorities. Such state-centric perspectives hide many social, political and economic relations generated by smuggling. This book looks at the practice through the eyes of the smugglers, revealing how their work can be productive, ... Læs mere

    216,08 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • A Place to Call Home

    Immigrant Exclusion and Urban Belonging in New York, Paris, and Barcelona

    As immigrants settle in new places, they are faced with endless uncertainties that prevent them from feeling that they belong. From language barriers, to differing social norms, to legal boundaries separating them from established residents, they are constantly navigating shifting and contradictory expectations both to assimilate to their new culture and to honor their native one. In A Place to ... Læs mere

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  • Cities at War

    Global Insecurity and Urban Resistance

    Redigeret af Mary Kaldor, Saskia Sassen ...
    Warfare in the twenty-first century goes well beyond conventional armies and nation-states. In a world of diffuse conflicts taking place across sprawling cities, war has become fragmented and uneven to match its settings. Yet the analysis of failed states, civil war, and state building rarely considers the city, rather than the country, as the terrain of battle.In Cities at War, Mary Kaldor and ... Læs mere

    240,45 kr.

  • Animism in Rainforest and Tundra

    Personhood, Animals, Plants and Things in Contemporary Amazonia and Siberia

    Amazonia and Siberia, classic regions of shamanism, have long challenged ‘western’ understandings of man’s place in the world. By exploring the social relations between humans and non-human entities credited with human-like personhood (not only animals and plants, but also ‘things’ such as artifacts, trade items, or mineral resources) from a comparative perspective, this volume offers valuable ... Læs mere

    184,01 kr.

  • Conflict, Cooperation and Leadership in the Mediterranean

    European Political Entrepreneurs from the 1980s to the Arab Spring

    This compelling book delves deep into the intricate tapestry of Euro-Mediterranean politics and diplomacy, shedding light on the motivations that guided the actions of key political players from the 1980s to the Arab Spring. The author, on a challenging quest, identifies and interviews the very politicians and diplomats who shaped these relationships, uncovering a stark realism that superseded ... Læs mere

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  • The Middle East and Brazil

    Perspectives on the New Global South

    Redigeret af Paul Amar ...
    Serier serie Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa
    Connections between Brazil and the Middle East have a long history, but the importance of these interactions has been heightened in recent years by the rise of Brazil as a champion of the global south, mass mobilizations in the Arab world and South America, and the cultural renaissance of Afro-descendant Muslims and Arab ethnic identities in the Americas. This groundbreaking collection traces the ... Læs mere

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