Competing Power
Download or Read eBook Competing Power PDF written by Narmala Halstead and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2018-10-19 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Narmala Halstead |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2018-10-19 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781785339936 |
ISBN-13 | : 1785339931 |
Rating | : 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Competing Power by : Narmala Halstead
Book excerpt: Drawing from ethnographic material based on long-term research, this volume considers competing forms of power at micro- and macro-levels in Guyana, where the local is marked by extensive migration, corruption, and differing levels of violence. It shows how the local is occupied and re-occupied by various powerful and powerless people and entities (“big ones” and “small ones”), and how it becomes the site of intense power negotiations in relation to external ideas of empowerment.