Books in the European Association of Social Anthropologists series

This collection examines the conflicts and realities of development at a local, empirical level. It provides a series of case studies which illuminate the attitudes and actions all of those involved in local development schemes.

Inside and Outside the Law analyses the relationship between the law, the state and its citizens. Drawing on general theories and case studies, it examines the diverse ways in which people have experienced the ambiguities of the law

Contributors show how in countries across Europe, alcohol plays a significant role in cultural, religious and social identities, and how drinking practices can provide an analytical tool with which to approach different socio-cultural groups.

With the recent shift towards an interest in indigenous notions of self and personhood, questions pertaining to the moral and ethical origins of beliefs relating to human rights become increasingly relevant.

This book brings together 14 studies of the history of European anthropology from the 17th century onwards, each of which have great relevance for current debates within the discipline.

With the recent shift towards an interest in indigenous notions of self and personhood, questions pertaining beliefs relating to human rights become increasingly relevant.

With contributions from leading academics from a range of study areas such as anthropology, politics and management studies, this volume is opening up a new area of research to anthropologists and corporations alike.

The study of wars in Sarajevo and Sri Lanka as well as numerous less publicised conflicts, aim to create a theory of violence as cross-culturally applicable as possible. This book develops a method of cross-cultural analysis.

For the anthropologists, people-wildlife conflicts readily invite symbolic analysis. This volume examines people-wildlife conflicts in Europe, Africa and Asia from an anthropological perspective.

This book argues that policy has become an increasingly central concept in the organisation of contemporary societies and that it now impinges on all areas of life so that it is virtually impossible to ignore or escape its influence.

Analysing the relationship between the law, the state and its citizens, this study draws on general theories and case studies in its examination of the diverse ways in which people have experienced the ambiguities of the law.

In an increasingly globalized world how is the nature of ethnographic fieldwork changing? In this volume anthropologists give a thorough appraisal of what fieldwork is, and what it should be.