"Shifting States draws on a rich history of anthropological theorising on all kinds of states - from the pre- to the post- industrial - and explores topics as diverse as bureaucracy, infrastructure, surveillance, securitization and public health. As we enter the third decade of …
The 13 chapters in this collection were specially selected from over 400 papers given at the 'Shifting States' conference at the University of Adelaide in Australia in 2017. The papers were selected on the basis of their empirically rich and theoretically engaging contributions …
At the start of the 21st century, the relationship between media and development has never felt more important. Following a series of media revolutions' throughout the developing world - beginning with the advent of cheap transistor radio sets in the late-1960s, followed by the …
At the start of the 21st century, the relationship between media and development has never felt more important. Following a series of media revolutions' throughout the developing world - beginning with the advent of cheap transistor radio sets in the late-1960s, followed by the …
"The text provides advanced undergraduate, and postgraduate, students with an introduction to the key theoretical perspectives in both media theory and development studies. It also brings these two bodies of theory into dialogue with each other, by examining the ways in which bo…
At the start of the 21st century, the relationship between media and development has never felt more important. Following a series of media revolutions' throughout the developing world - beginning with the advent of cheap transistor radio sets in the late-1960s, followed by the …
"The text provides advanced undergraduate, and postgraduate, students with an introduction to the key theoretical perspectives in both media theory and development studies. It also brings these two bodies of theory into dialogue with each other, by examining the ways in which bo…