Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Dramatis Personae; 1 Toward an Anthropological Framework for Studying Contemporary Europe; 2 The Histories of the Regional Political Economy; 3 Regulating Social Life through Uncertainty and Fear; 4 From Insecurity to Dependency; 5 From Insecurity to Movement; 6 Families and Entrepreneurs; 7 Flexible Structures and Torn Lives; 8 The Culture of Politics, the Politics of Culture; 9 The Power of Ethnography; Notes; References Cited; Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Offers a study of the political economy of the Vega Baja region of Spain, tackling the question of how to understand the alienation ordinary working people feel in the face of globalization. It examines the divide between government and its citizens in a region that has transformed from a primarily agricultural economy to an industrial one.
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JSTOR
Stock Number
22573/cttt22v0
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Immediate struggles.
International Standard Book Number
0520245695
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Ethnology-- Spain-- Bajo Segura.
Economic history.
Ethnology.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.