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Fiscal Disobedience: An Anthropology of Economic Regulation in Central Africa
Janet Roitman
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Description for Fiscal Disobedience: An Anthropology of Economic Regulation in Central Africa
Paperback. Represents a different approach to the question of citizenship amid the changing global economy and the fiscal crisis of the nation-state. This book examines the nature of fiscal relationships between the state and its citizens. It argues that citizenship is being redefined through a renegotiation of the rights and obligations. Series: In-Formation. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
Fiscal Disobedience represents a novel approach to the question of citizenship amid the changing global economy and the fiscal crisis of the nation-state. Focusing on economic practices in the Chad Basin of Africa, Janet Roitman combines thorough ethnographic fieldwork with sophisticated analysis of key ideas of political economy to examine the contentious nature of fiscal relationships between the state and its citizens. She argues that citizenship is being redefined through a renegotiation of the rights and obligations inherent in such economic relationships. The book centers on a civil disobedience movement that arose in Cameroon beginning in 1990 ostensibly to counter ... Read more
Fiscal Disobedience represents a novel approach to the question of citizenship amid the changing global economy and the fiscal crisis of the nation-state. Focusing on economic practices in the Chad Basin of Africa, Janet Roitman combines thorough ethnographic fieldwork with sophisticated analysis of key ideas of political economy to examine the contentious nature of fiscal relationships between the state and its citizens. She argues that citizenship is being redefined through a renegotiation of the rights and obligations inherent in such economic relationships. The book centers on a civil disobedience movement that arose in Cameroon beginning in 1990 ostensibly to counter ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Series
In-Formation
Condition
New
Weight
384g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691118703
SKU
V9780691118703
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About Janet Roitman
Janet Roitman is a research fellow at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris.
Reviews for Fiscal Disobedience: An Anthropology of Economic Regulation in Central Africa
"The whole book is a sophisticated essay on how to bring such an area and problematic into focus: the question of regulatory authority in places where it has never been self-evident. As such, it opens up some very important analytical issues, not only for African studies but also for an anthropology of emergent economies worldwide."
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