wyszukanych pozycji: 11
How Enemies Are Made: Towards a Theory of Ethnic and Religious Conflict
ISBN: 9781845454944 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In popular perception cultural differences or ethnic affiliation are factors that cause conflict or political fragmentation although this is not borne out by historical evidence. This book puts forward an alternative conflict theory. The author develops a decision theory which explains the conditions under which differing types of identification are preferred. Group identification is linked to competition for resources like water, territory, oil, political charges, or other advantages. Rivalry for resources can cause conflicts but it does not explain who takes whose side in a conflict... In popular perception cultural differences or ethnic affiliation are factors that cause conflict or political fragmentation although this is not b... |
|
cena:
519,44 zł |
Identities on the Move: Clanship and Pastorialism in Northern Kenya
ISBN: 9780367001407 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1989, this book examines how the inter-ethnic relationships of the clans of the pastoral Rendille, Gabbra, Sakuye and some Somalis of northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia came about. It also examines the uses to which these inter-ethnic relationships are put: for example in managing herds. Oral history is combined with cultural comparison and the analysis of social structure. Blending synchronic and diachronic perspectives, the book synthesises historical ethnology in the Continental tradition with social anthropology. Historically it overturns some established... Originally published in 1989, this book examines how the inter-ethnic relationships of the clans of the pastoral Rendille, Gabbra, Sakuye and some ... |
|
cena:
577,15 zł |
Changing Identifications and Alliances in North-East Africa: Volume II: Sudan, Uganda, and the Ethiopia-Sudan Borderlands
ISBN: 9781782383314 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Forms of group identity play a prominent role in everyday lives and politics in north-east Africa. These volumes provide an interdisciplinary account of the nature and significance of ethnic, religious, and national identity in north-east Africa. Case studies from Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya illustrate the way that identities are formed and change over time, and how local, national, and international politics are interwoven. Specific attention is paid to the impact of modern weaponry, new technologies, religious conversion, food and land shortages, international borders, civil war,... Forms of group identity play a prominent role in everyday lives and politics in north-east Africa. These volumes provide an interdisciplinary accou... |
|
cena:
146,65 zł |
Changing Identifications and Alliances in North-East Africa: Volume II: Sudan, Uganda, and the Ethiopia-Sudan Borderlands
ISBN: 9781845456047 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Forms of group identity play a prominent role in everyday lives and politics in north-east Africa. These volumes provide an interdisciplinary account of the nature and significance of ethnic, religious, and national identity in north-east Africa. Case studies from Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya illustrate the way that identities are formed and change over time, and how local, national, and international politics are interwoven. Specific attention is paid to the impact of modern weaponry, new technologies, religious conversion, food and land shortages, international borders, civil war,... Forms of group identity play a prominent role in everyday lives and politics in north-east Africa. These volumes provide an interdisciplinary acco... |
|
cena:
519,44 zł |
Identities on the Move: Clanship and Pastorialism in Northern Kenya
ISBN: 9781138335066 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
|
cena:
173,09 zł |
Changing Identifications and Alliances in North-East Africa: Volume I: Ethiopia and Kenya
ISBN: 9781782383291 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Forms of group identity play a prominent role in everyday lives and politics in northeast Africa. Case studies from Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya illustrate the way that identities are formed and change over time, and how local, national, and international politics are interwoven. Specific attention is paid to the impact of modern weaponry, new technologies, religious conversion, food and land shortages, international borders, civil war, and displacement on group identities. Drawing on the expertise of anthropologists, historians and geographers, these volumes provide a significant... Forms of group identity play a prominent role in everyday lives and politics in northeast Africa. Case studies from Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Ke... |
|
cena:
146,65 zł |
How Enemies Are Made: Towards a Theory of Ethnic and Religious Conflict
ISBN: 9781845457792 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In popular perception cultural differences or ethnic affiliation are factors that cause conflict or political fragmentation although this is not borne out by historical evidence. This book puts forward an alternative conflict theory. The author develops a decision theory which explains the conditions under which differing types of identification are preferred. Group identification is linked to competition for resources like water, territory, oil, political charges, or other advantages. Rivalry for resources can cause conflicts but it does not explain who takes whose side in a conflict...
In popular perception cultural differences or ethnic affiliation are factors that cause conflict or political fragmentation although this is not borne...
|
|
cena:
146,65 zł |
Islam and Ethnicity in Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia
ISBN: 9781847010469 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. A study of the longue duree of a marginalized part of northern Kenya, examining the process of territorialization and the role of Islam in politicizing ethnicity.
A study of the longue duree of a marginalized part of northern Kenya, examining the process of territorialization and the role of Islam in politicizin...
|
|
cena:
419,75 zł |
Changing Identifications and Alliances in North-east Africa: Volume I: Ethiopia and Kenya
ISBN: 9781845456030 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Forms of group identity play a prominent role in everyday lives and politics in northeast Africa. Case studies from Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya illustrate the way that identities are formed and change over time, and how local, national, and international politics are interwoven. Specific attention is paid to the impact of modern weaponry, new technologies, religious conversion, food and land shortages, international borders, civil war, and displacement on group identities. Drawing on the expertise of anthropologists, historians and geographers, these volumes provide a significant... Forms of group identity play a prominent role in everyday lives and politics in northeast Africa. Case studies from Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and K... |
|
cena:
519,44 zł |
Crude Domination: An Anthropology of Oil
ISBN: 9781782380351 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Crude Domination is an innovative and important book about a critical topic - oil. While there have been numerous works about petroleum from 'experience-far' perspectives, there have been relatively few that have turned the 'experience-near' ethnographic gaze of anthropology on the topic. Crude Domination does just this among more peoples and more places than any other volume. Its chapters investigate nuances of culture, politics and economics in Africa, Latin America, and Eurasia as they pertain to petroleum. They wrestle with the key questions vexing scholars and... Crude Domination is an innovative and important book about a critical topic - oil. While there have been numerous works about petroleum f... |
|
cena:
146,65 zł |
Crude Domination: An Anthropology of Oil
ISBN: 9780857452559 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Crude Domination is an innovative and important book about a critical topic - oil. While there have been numerous works about petroleum from 'experience-far' perspectives, there have been relatively few that have turned the 'experience-near' ethnographic gaze of anthropology on the topic. Crude Domination does just this among more peoples and more places than any other volume. Its chapters investigate nuances of culture, politics and economics in Africa, Latin America, and Eurasia as they pertain to petroleum. They wrestle with the key questions vexing scholars and... Crude Domination is an innovative and important book about a critical topic - oil. While there have been numerous works about petroleum f... |
|
cena:
561,41 zł |