As a strategy of self-representation and a device of power, Europeanization is fundamentally
reorganizing territoriality and peoplehood, the two principles of group identification that have …

High Tech and High Heels in the Global Economy is an ethnography of globalization
positioned at the intersection between political economy and cultural studies. Carla …

In the course of my fieldwork on contemporary concepts of the immune system, I began to
wonder whether the Fordist body was being transformed. 2 Far from being reminiscent of …

The march towards a 'new India'began with its entry onto the global stage as a rising
economic power, impelled by liberalization policies and the forces of globalization. The …

The issues of culture and identity have long been marginal aspects of the general
scholarship of the European Union (EU). Until recently, most academic studies of the EU …

Chile has been attempting to establish a Management Area (MA) system that melds the use
of marine protected areas with marine tenure. The process has brought to the fore the …

European fisher folk often constitute close-knit occupational communities. Fishing is not
merely a job, it is also a way of life. Fishers consider themselves to be engaged in the same …

In the outpouring of popular and scholarly writing about developments in Bougainville since
1988, many specific assertions have been advanced and disputed, often to the neglect of …

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent
chapters of this book. The book explores the European Community's (EC) 1992 project as …

The peasants of the mountain interior of Spanish Galicia often represent themselves to
powerful “outsiders” as a culturally marginal, degraded, or disadvan‐taged group. Their …