 | The Anthropology of Power Subjects: Economics Finance Business & Industry; Social Sciences; Anthropology; Economics; Sociology & Social Policy; Development Economics; Race & Ethnic Studies; An edited collection which examines the theoretical issues surrounding power, and particularly empowerment, which uses ethnographic analysis as its basis. It takes material from the Middle East, Canada, Columbia, Australasia and various parts of Europe and Africa. It looks particularly at the extent to which traditionally disempowered groups gain influence in postcolonial or multicultural settings, and at how power relates to economic development, gender and environmentalism. Madawi Al-Rasheed (PhD Cantab) is Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the Department of Theology and Religious Studies (King's College, University of London). Angela Cheater (PhD Natal) has recently taken early retirement from the chair of Sociology and Social Anthropology at the University of Waikato. Colin Filer (PhD Cantab) is Head of the Social and Cultural Studies Division of the PNG National Research Institute. Rudo Gaidzanwa (MA, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague) is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Zimbabwe. Ngapare K. Hopa (DPhil Oxon), who served on New Zealand's Waitangi Tribunal (1989-92), has recently become Professor of Maori Studies at the University of Auckland. Wendy James (DPhil Oxon), fellow of St Cross College, is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford. Sigridur Duna Kristmundsdottir (PhD Rochester, New York), formerly Member of the Icelandic Parliament for the Feminist Party (1983-7), has been Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Iceland since 1990. Robert Layton is Professor of Anthropology at Durham University. Manuel Joao Ramos is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the Instituto Superior de Ciencias do Trabalho e da Empresa, Lisbon, Portugal. Peter Skalnik (PhDr, CSc Charles University), Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Lebanon from 1993-6, now teaches Social Anthropology and African Studies at Charles University, Prague. Andrew Spiegel (PhD Cape Town), is Associate Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cape Town. Peter Wade (PhD Cantab) is Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester. Vanessa Watson (Masters in City and Regional Planning, Cape Town), is Associate Professor in City and Regional Planning at the University of Cape Town. Richard Werbner (PhD Manchester) is Professor of African Anthropology and Director of the International Centre for Contemporary Cultural Research at the University of Manchester. Peter Wilkinson (Masters in City and Regional Planning, Cape Town), is Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning and Director of the Urban Problems Research Unit, University of Cape Town. Daniel Yon (PhD York University, Toronto, Canada) is Assistant Professor at York University. |
