Abstract
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction: States of Imagination / Thomas Blom Hansen and Finn Stepputat
I. State and Governance
“Democratic Societies”: Liberalism, Biopolitics, and Sovereignty / Mitchell Dean
Governing Population: The Integrated Child Development Services Program in India / Akhil Gupta
The Battlefield and the Prize: ANC’s Bid to Reform the South African State / Steffen Jensen
Imagining the State as a Space: Territoriality and the Formation of the State in Ecuador / Sarah A. Radcliffe
II. State and Justice
The South African Truth and Reconcilliation Commission: A Technique of Nation-State Formation / Lars Buur
Recontructing National Identity and Renegotiating Memory: The Work of the TRC / Aletta J. Norval
Rethinking Citizenship: Reforming the Law in Postwar Guatemala / Rachel Sieder
Governance and State Mythologies in Mumbai / Thomas Blom Hansen
III. State and Community
Before History and Prior to Politics: Time, Space, and Territory in the Modern Peruvian Nation-State / David Nugent
Urbanizing the Countryside: Armed Conflict, State Formation, and the Politics of Place in Contemporary Guatemala / Finn Stepputat
In the Name of the State? Schools and Teachers in an Andean Province / Fiona Wilson
The Captive State: Corruption, Intelligence Agencies, and Ethnicity in Pakistan / Oskar Verkaaik
Public Secrets, Conscious Amnesia, and the Celebration of Autonomy for Ladakh / Martijn van Beek
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | States of imagination |
| Subtitle of host publication | ethnographic explorations of the postcolonial state |
| Place of Publication | Durham, NC |
| Publisher | Duke University Press |
| Pages | 41-64 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780822327981 |
| Publication status | Published - 2001 |
Keywords
- political anthropology
- postcolonialism