The Politics of the Baby Bump: A Conversation between Liz Chiarello and Renée Cramer
Building upon the journal’s interview and book review features, PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review is introducing author interviews, which bring…
Book Reviews
Of Medicines and Markets: Intellectual Property and Human Rights in the Free Trade Era
What do human rights mean in an era when corporations enjoy rights as people? As U.S. courts grant a widening…
Networked Peripheries: Technological Futures and the Myth of Digital Universalism
As more and more scholars are interested in information and communications technologies’ (ICT) roles in global development, theory has sluggishly…
Mohawk Interruptus: Political Life Across the Borders of Settler States
Simpson explores the politics of refusal as the political alternative to recognition, the much sought after presumed good of multicultural…
Human Rights as War By Other Means
When studying those who employ the language of human rights, many scholars often initially assume that these are groups seeking…
Energy, Governance and Security in Thailand and Myanmar (Burma): A Critical Approach to Environmental Politics in the South.
Expanding multinational programs (such as the Belmont Forum) with funds to examine energy provisioning ensure that a recent spate of…
After the Revolution: Youth, Democracy, and the Politics of Disappointment in Serbia
On October 5, 2000 hundreds of thousands of protesters flooded the streets of Belgrade, Yugoslavia. They stormed parliament and the…
Uncivil Youth: Race, Activism and Affirmative Governmentality
Uncivil Youth: Race, Activism and Affirmative Governmentality emerges in a historical moment within which renewed attention is being paid to…
The Light of Knowledge: Literacy Activism and the Politics of Writing in South India
Francis Cody’s ethnography of literacy activists in southern India is primarily an attempt to come to terms with the engagement…
Sex Work Politics: From Protest to Service Provision
Majic’s central argument is that non-profit organizations borne from social movements can engage with, encourage, and advance radical causes despite…
