Gender Parity and the Politics of Representation in Senegal
By Emily Riley Emily Riley’s article, “Politics of Terànga: Gender, Hospitality, and Power in Senegal” appears in the May 2019…
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Dilution as Political Vitality: Hate Crime Legislation and Right-Wing Populism in India
By Pinky Hota Criticisms of hate crime laws routinely return to their inability to prevent hate crimes, bemoaning them as…
Victor L. Shammas on Parole Hearings: PoLAR Author Interview
PoLAR editorial board member Robin Conley Riner conducted an interview with Victor L. Shammas, whose article “The Perils of Parole…
Current PoLAR Issue May 2019
Volume 42, Issue 1 Editors’ Introduction: May 2019 For over two decades, Political and Legal Anthropology Review (PoLAR) has provided a forum…
New APLA / PoLAR Ebook: Authoritarianism and Confinement in the Americas
PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review and the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology are pleased to present a new…
Kali Rubaii on Sectarianism in Iraq: PoLAR Author Interview
PoLAR editor Jessica Greenberg and associate editor Jennifer Curtis conducted an interview with Kali Rubaii, whose article “Tripartheid: How Sectarianism…
Tragedy and Resilience in Brazil’s Carnival 2019
By Thais Pavez and Camila Góes Unlike Europe and the rest of Latin America, Brazil’s Carnival developed uniformly and throughout…
Power to the People: Between Death and Insurrection in Nicaragua
Friends and relatives of late high school student Alvaro Conrado, the first underage demonstrator killed during anti-government protests on April…
Crisis in Venezuela
IMAGE AND CAPTION BY GETTY. Portraits depicting late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (L) and Cuban late leader Fidel Castro (R)…
On Digital Populism in Brazil
By Letícia Cesarino In October 2018, Brazilians relived the shock many experienced in the US two years earlier, when Donald…
