Neoliberal Frontiers An Ethnography of Sovereignty in West Africa

Name: Neoliberal Frontiers An Ethnography of Sovereignty in West Africa
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ISBN: 9780226100616

ISBN-10: 0226100618

ISBN-13: 9780226100616

Edition: 2010

Authors: Brenda Chalfin

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InNeoliberal Frontiers, Brenda Chalfin presents an ethnographic examination of the day-to-day practices of the officials of Ghana's Customs Service, exploring the impact of neoliberal restructuring and integration into the global economy on Ghanaian sovereignty. From the revealing vantage point of the Customs office, Chalfin discovers a fascinating inversion of our assumptions about neoliberal transformation: bureaucrats and local functionaries, government offices, checkpoints, and registries are typically held to be the targets of reform, but Chalfin finds that these figures and sites of authority act as the engine for changes in state sovereignty. Ghana has served as a model of reform for…

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List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 7/15/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 0.66" wide x 0.93" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English

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Acknowledgments


Introduction: Toward an Anthropology of Neoliberal Sovereignty






Customs as Effective Sovereign: State Logics across Time and Place



Anthropologies of the State: Marrying Ethnography and Political Economy






Histories and Tactics of Territorial Sovereignty: Thinking through the Border



The Sovereignty of Good Governance: Bureaucratic Contests and the Recentering of Power



The Properties of Popular Sovereignty: Customs and Corruption, Cars, and Democratic Discourse



Technologies of Sovereignty: The Politics and Phenomenology of Privatized Rule on the Maritime Frontier



Affective Sovereignty: Airport Anthropology and the Shifting Contours of Citizenship


Conclusion: Working the Border: Neoliberal Sovereignty in Comparative Perspective


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