Now in its fourth edition, this leading introduction to ethnography has been thoroughly
updated and substantially rewritten. The volume offers a systematic introduction to …

Brokerage is an essential yet understudied function in social life. In one of the classics in the
field of sociology, Georg Simmel differentiated three types of the “third” which help to …

In a workshop entitled 'Harnessing the Hustle', held at the British Institute in Eastern Africa
(BIEA) in April 2017, a group of academic researchers and community activists came …

In the face of restrictive migration policies, migration brokers in emigration countries sell
services that are meant to facilitate departure projects. Not all aspiring migrants who give …

There has been a surge of recent interest in the migration industries that facilitate the
movement of migrants, particularly that of low-waged laborers engaged in temporary …

Over the last several decades, life in Lahore has been undergoing profound transformations,
from rapid and uneven urbanization to expanding state institutions and informal economies …

To what extent do brokers empower marginalised communities? This pertinent question
connects the articles collected in this special issue and is the focus of this introduction. We …

State discourses on smuggling and trafficking are regulatory technologies that seek to
institute moral hierarchies between institutions by villanizing third‐party mediators as …

Zusammenfassung Die Auswanderung aus Eritrea ist zu einem Massenphänomen
geworden. Der Weg führt meist durch Äthiopien oder den Sudan und oft bis nach Europa …

Quelle est la vie des voitures une fois qu'elles sont revendues sur le marché de l'occasion?
Bien plus souvent qu'on ne le pense, ces véhicules en connaissent une seconde en partant …