Andre Thiemann
The Politics of Relations: How Self-Government, Infrastructures, and Care Transform the State in Serbia
The Politics of Relations: How Self-Government, Infrastructures, and Care Transform the State in Serbia
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The Politics of Relations elaborates a relational approach to the state, focusing on embeddedness, boundary work, modalities, and strategic selectivity, to enable thick comparisons across spatio-temporal scales of power. Local experiences of self-government, infrastructure, and care motivate citizens to "become the state" while cursing it heartily.
Format: Hardback
Length: 302 pages
Publication date: 01 June 2024
Publisher: Berghahn Books
The Manchester School of Social Anthropology has made significant contributions to political ethnography, particularly through its relational approach to the state. The Politics of Relations elaborates on this approach by focusing on four interlaced axes of research: embeddedness, boundary work, modalities, and strategic selectivity. These axes enable thick comparisons across spatio-temporal scales of power and provide a framework for understanding the complex dynamics of state-society relations. In Serbia, local experiences of self-government, infrastructure, and care motivate citizens to "become the state" while simultaneously cursing it. While both officials and citizens strive for a state that enables a "normal life," they navigate the increasingly illiberal politics enacted by national parties and tolerated by trans-national donors. This situation highlights the challenges of achieving a balance between state power and democratic governance in Serbia.
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781805395515
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