Anthropology Books

New and Published Books

1. Rethinking Agency

   Developmentalism, Gender and Rights

   By Sumi Madhok

   This book proposes a new theoretical framework for agency thinking by examining the ethical, discursive and practical engagements of a group of women development workers in north-west India with developmentalism and individual rights. Rethinking Agency asks an underexplored question, tracks the...

   Published April 17th 2013 by Routledge India
2. Kindling of an Insurrection

   Notes from Junglemahals

   By Chandan Sinha

   The tribal areas of central and eastern India have been under the intractable shadow of left-wing extremism in recent years, fuelling a serious internal crisis in the country. While the clashes between the Maoists and the State have been highlighted by the media, academics and others, the situation...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge India
3. Routeing Democracy in the Himalayas

   Experiments and Experiences

   Edited by Vibha Arora, N. Jayaram

   Historically treated as an amorphous borderland and marginal to the understanding of democratic politics and governance in South Asia, Southeast Asia and northern Asia, the Himalayan region, in the last 50 years, has become an ‘active political laboratory’ for experiments in democratic structures...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge India
4. Arguing About Human Nature

   Contemporary Debates

   Edited by Stephen M. Downes, Edouard Machery

   Series: Arguing About Philosophy

   Arguing About Human Nature covers recent debates--arising from biology, philosophy, psychology, and physical anthropology--that together systematically examine what it means to be human. Thirty-five essays--several of them appearing here for the first time in print--were carefully selected to...

   Published March 18th 2013 by Routledge
5. Participatory Action Research

   Theory and Methods for Engaged Inquiry

   By Jacques M. Chevalier, Daniel J. Buckles

   This book addresses a key issue in higher learning, university education and scientific research: the widespread difficulty researchers, experts and students from all disciplines face when trying to contribute to change in complex social settings characterized by uncertainty and the unknown. More...

   Published March 5th 2013 by Routledge
6. Sustainable Development in Amazonia

   Paradise in the Making

   By Kei Otsuki

   Series: Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development

   This book argues against the assumption that sustainability and environmental conservation are naturally the common goal and norm for everyone in Amazonia. This is the first book focusing on agency, reflexivity and social development to address sustainable development in the region. It discusses...

   Published March 4th 2013 by Routledge
7. The War in Darfur

   Reclaiming Sudanese History

   By Anders Hastrup

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Society

   No other crisis in Africa has received as much attention in the West during the past 10 years as the war in Darfur, yet the underlying complexities of the war and the background to the crisis remains poorly understood by scholars, activists and aid workers. This anthropological study of the war in...

   Published December 12th 2012 by Routledge
8. Local Foods Meet Global Foodways

   Tasting History

   Edited by Benjamin Lawrance, Carolyn de la Peña

   This book explores the intersection of food and foodways from global and local perspectives. The collection contributes to interdisciplinary debates about the role and movement of commodities in the historical and contemporary world. The expert contributions collectively address a fundamental...

   Published December 6th 2012 by Routledge
9. Evaluating Communication for Development

   A Framework for Social Change

   By June Lennie, Jo Tacchi

   Evaluating Communication for Development presents a comprehensive framework for evaluating communication for development (C4D). This framework combines the latest thinking from a number of fields in new ways. It critiques dominant instrumental, accountability-based approaches to development and...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
10. Language in Public Spaces in Japan

    Edited by Nanette Gottlieb

    This book throws light on ideologies, practices and sociocultural developments currently shaping language use in Japan by departing from the more common investigation of language in private contexts and examining aspects of the language found in a range of significant public spaces, from the...

    Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge