Using a "vertical slice" approach, anthropologists critically analyze the relationship between undemocratic uses and abuses of power and the survival of the human species. The contributors scrutinize modern institutions in a variety of regions-from Russia and Mexico to South Korea and the U.S. Up, Down, and Sideways is an ethnographic examination of such phenomena as debtculture, global financial crises, food insecurity, indigenous land and resource appropriation, the mismanagement of health care, andcorporate surrogacy within family life. With a preface by Laura Nader, this isessential…mehr
Using a "vertical slice" approach, anthropologists critically analyze the relationship between undemocratic uses and abuses of power and the survival of the human species. The contributors scrutinize modern institutions in a variety of regions-from Russia and Mexico to South Korea and the U.S. Up, Down, and Sideways is an ethnographic examination of such phenomena as debtculture, global financial crises, food insecurity, indigenous land and resource appropriation, the mismanagement of health care, andcorporate surrogacy within family life. With a preface by Laura Nader, this isessential reading for anyone seeking solid theories and concrete methods to inform activist scholarship.
Rachael Stryker is Assistant Professor in the department of Human Development and Women's Studies at California State University, East Bay. Her work comparatively explores emotion socialization, with a focus on attachment formation and representation, and her publications include The Road to Evergreen: Adoption, Attachment Therapy, and the Promise of Family (Cornell, 2010), as well as articles for the Childhood, International Migration and Children and Youth Services Review journals.
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Foreword Laura Nader Introduction: On Studying Up, Down, and Sideways: What's at Stake? Roberto J. González and Rachael Stryker PART I: STUDYING WEALTH AND POWER Chapter 1. On Debt: Tracking the Shifting Role of the Debtor in U.S. Bankruptcy Legal Practice Linda Coco Chapter 2. On Commerce: Analyzing the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997-1998 Jay Ou Chapter 3. On Bureaucracy: Excessively Up at the International Labour Organisation Ellen Hertz PART II: STUDYING ENVIRONMENT AND SUBSISTENCE Chapter 4. On Dispossession: The Work of Studying Up, Down, and Sideways in Guatemala's Indigenous Land Rights Movements Liza Grandia Chapter 5. On Food: Manufacturing Food Insecurity in Oaxaca, Mexico Roberto J. González Chapter 6. On Environment: The "Broker State," Peruvian Hydrocarbons Policy, and the Camisea Gas Project Patricia Urteaga-Crovetto PART III: STUDYING RELATIONSHIPS AND BUREAUCRACIES Chapter 7. On Family: Adoptive Parenting Up, Down, and Sideways Rachael Stryker Chapter 8. On Truth: The Repressed Memory Wars from Top to Bottom Robyn Kliger Chapter 9. On Common Sense: Lessons on Starting Over from Post-Soviet Ukraine Monica Eppinger Chapter 10. On Caring: Solidarity Anthropology (or, How to Keep Health Care from Becoming Science Fiction) Adrienne Pine On Power: Concluding Comments Barbara Rose Johnston, Roberto J. González, and Rachael Stryker Notes on Contributors References
Foreword Laura Nader Introduction: On Studying Up, Down, and Sideways: What's at Stake? Roberto J. González and Rachael Stryker PART I: STUDYING WEALTH AND POWER Chapter 1. On Debt: Tracking the Shifting Role of the Debtor in U.S. Bankruptcy Legal Practice Linda Coco Chapter 2. On Commerce: Analyzing the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997-1998 Jay Ou Chapter 3. On Bureaucracy: Excessively Up at the International Labour Organisation Ellen Hertz PART II: STUDYING ENVIRONMENT AND SUBSISTENCE Chapter 4. On Dispossession: The Work of Studying Up, Down, and Sideways in Guatemala's Indigenous Land Rights Movements Liza Grandia Chapter 5. On Food: Manufacturing Food Insecurity in Oaxaca, Mexico Roberto J. González Chapter 6. On Environment: The "Broker State," Peruvian Hydrocarbons Policy, and the Camisea Gas Project Patricia Urteaga-Crovetto PART III: STUDYING RELATIONSHIPS AND BUREAUCRACIES Chapter 7. On Family: Adoptive Parenting Up, Down, and Sideways Rachael Stryker Chapter 8. On Truth: The Repressed Memory Wars from Top to Bottom Robyn Kliger Chapter 9. On Common Sense: Lessons on Starting Over from Post-Soviet Ukraine Monica Eppinger Chapter 10. On Caring: Solidarity Anthropology (or, How to Keep Health Care from Becoming Science Fiction) Adrienne Pine On Power: Concluding Comments Barbara Rose Johnston, Roberto J. González, and Rachael Stryker Notes on Contributors References
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