Liberal democracy appears in crisis. From the rise of 'law and order'and ever tougher forms
of means-testing under 'austerity politics' to the outcome of Britain's referendum on leaving …

This book provides an up-to-date introduction to the important field of urban anthropology.
This is a critical area of study, as more than half of the world's population now lives in cities …

This special issue analyzes the formulation, implementation, and contestation of citizenship
agendas. We define citizenship agendas as normative framings of citizenship that prescribe …

This article provides an ethnographic perspective on urban planning by presenting the
creative practices of marginalized slum residents in Recife, Northeast Brazil, who are …

Across Europe, new welfare programs exemplify attempts to govern through community.
This article asks how such governing through community is done in practice. Drawing on …

This article combines recent conceptualizations of citizenship beyond the nation state with
new perspectives on governance assemblages comprising both state and non-state actors …

The article analyses the categorization of “Moroccan youngsters” as a problem group in the
Netherlands. Since the 1990s Dutch‐Moroccan boys and young men are set apart as a …

The intersection of race and the criminal justice system has been a longstanding topic of
activism, public debate and research in the US context. In recent years, European countries …

Based on original ethnographic research in a multicultural neighbourhood in The Hague,
this open access book gives detailed insights into the challenges, negotiations and …

In this introductory chapter, we put forward an argument for the centrality of the body in
studying religion, spiritualities, gender and sexualities. We argue that a 'lived'approach to …