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The New War on the Poor
When viewed from the perspective of those who suffer the consequences of repressive approaches to public security, it is often difficult to distinguish state agents from criminals. The mistreatment by police and soldiers examined in this book reflects a new kind of stigmatization. The New War on the Poor links the experiences of labour migrants crossing Latin America's international borders, indigenous Mexicans defending their territories against capitalist mega-projects, drug wars and paramilitary violence, Afro-Brazilians living on the urban periphery of Salvador, and farmers and business people tired of paying protection to criminal mafias. John Gledhill looks at how and why governments are failing to provide security to disadvantaged citizens while all too often painting them as a menace to the rest of society simply for being poor.
Power and Its Disguises
'A very good introduction to political anthropology for any student of power and politics.' Journal of Peace Research
Power And Its Disguises - Second Edition
In this fully updated edition of Power and Its Disguises, John Gledhill explores both the complexities of local situations and the power relations that shape the global order. He shows how historically informed anthropological perspectives can contribute to debates about democratisation by incorporating a ‘view from below’ and revealing forces that shape power relations behind the formal facade of state institutions. Examples are drawn from Brazil, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guatemala, Indonesia, India, Mexico, Peru, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Sri Lanka, amongst others.
Power & Its Disguises
A rethinking of popular political movements, this book looks at new, emerging, mass visions and analyses their impact and potential in new ways.
God's Human Email
Throughout church history, illustrating and applying the bible to the present day has been a vital part of relevant gospel presentation. In this beautifully illustrated devotional book, Jon Gledhill and Isabel Watson provide rich portraits from our modern daily life with deep spiritual truths, illustrating and applying God's word in a way that will leave readers helped and hope-filled.Regan King, Pastor of The Angel Church, Islington, LondonIt's such a joy to see God leading both Jon and Isabel to finish this first book. The blogs and paintings carry simple biblical truth envisaged in current settings so that even children can understand them. Simply turn to any page, look at the picture, re...
Corporate Scandal
When the Enron filed the biggest bankruptcy petition in the history of the United States, if not the world, the immediate response by most politicians and financiers was that this scandal was a "failure of regulatory institutions" that can be corrected and may possibly even be a purely North American problem. However, an in-depth exploration of what happened, as undertaken in this volume, reveals that the widespread corruptions at corporate level have their roots in the transformations of socio-political conditions in the wake of an extreme fetishization of the neo-liberal market model.
World Anthropologies in Practice
In a post-colonial world, the contributions of anthropologists living outside North America and Western Europe can no longer be treated as marginal. World Anthropologies in Practice demonstrates how global dialogues enable us to draw on local knowledge as well as differences of perspective to help overcome anthropology’s eternal struggle against ethnocentrism and to strengthen the subject’s relevance to the contemporary world.Based on contributions to the ASA-sponsored IUAES World Anthropology Congress in Manchester, UK, this truly global book brings together a wide range of international scholars who might otherwise not talk to each other. Featuring articles from leading figures in the ...
New Approaches to Resistance in Brazil and Mexico
This edited collection by scholars of both history and anthropology re-examines the concepts of resistance and the effect of neoliberalism from the 1980s to the present day comparing Brazil and Mexico, two of the largest countries in Latin America.
Managing Students
Managing Students guides managers and administrators through the complexities of student administration. It covers a wide range of challenges from judicial review to the seemingly trivial issue of why examination desks move. It explores how managers can balance the needs of the institution with those of the students and how they can make sure they have thought of all the things that can go wrong. John Gledhill is a hugely experienced University Administrator.
