Edges of Global Transformation

Håkon Fyhn; Harald Aspen; Anne Kathrine Larsen

doi:10.5771/9781498584081

Summary

Through nine ethnographic case-studies, Edges of Global Transformation explores situations where global transformations associated with neoliberalism meet local realities. The “edge” of transformation is characterized by uncertainty, as old patterns are consumed and new formed. The nine case studies from Africa, Europe and the Middle East shed light on how uncertainty plays an inevitable and essential role in the grey zone between macro-transformations and local responses. Despite the tremendous difference in precariousness between these cases, each contributor explores ways in which transformations are conceived and acted upon within the space of possibility that is opened and apprehended locally. The role of uncertainty as an active force is explored throughout the book. While in some cases, uncertainty has a clear restricting effect; other cases illustrate its potential as a productive force. As a contribution to understanding the dynamic of the local realities of global change, the book will be valuable reading for anyone interested in globalization and the neoliberal world order.

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Copyright year: 2018
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4985-8407-4
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4985-8408-1
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 188
Product type: Edited Book

1. Copyright No access
2. Contents No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
4. Foreword No access
5. Introduction No access
1. Uncertainty in the Norwegian Building Industry No access
2. Builders and Their Stories No access
3. Talking and Telling Stories No access
4. Four Creatures of Uncertainty No access
5. Telling Stories, Making Experience No access
6. The Perfect Other No access
7. Notes No access
8. References No access
1. A Brief Preliminary Methodological Outline No access
2. Alicia No access
3. Clashing Scales No access
4. “Alicia” as a Mode of Purposive Praxis No access
5. Notes No access
6. References No access
1. The Settled Bedouin No access
2. The Approaching City No access
3. Moving Around No access
4. The Village and the Desert No access
5. Discussion No access
6. Notes No access
7. References No access
1. The Dramatic Event: The Murder of Prince No access
2. Localizing Uncertainties: The Sociohistorical Landscapes No access
3. Mererani Mining and the Meru People No access
4. Young Men Trying Their Luck No access
5. The Exploitative Working Conditions in the Mines: Insecurity and Agency No access
6. The Magic Preconditions for Quick Money and Prosperity No access
7. “Feeding People” or “Feeding on People”? No access
8. Conclusion: Manning the Gates and Arming the Guards No access
9. Notes No access
10. References No access
1. A Day on the Lake No access
2. From High Productivity to Overexploitation of Fish Resources No access
3. Local State Representatives as Resource Managers No access
4. The Privatization of Public Administration No access
5. Gift Giving in Cameroonian Bureaucratic Practice No access
6. The Predatory Behavior of Educated Elites No access
7. Conclusion No access
8. Notes No access
9. References No access
1. Water Carrier Boys in Urban Cameroon No access
2. Migrant Communities No access
3. Gaining an Increasingly Lucrative Position No access
4. Engaging in Vulnerable Relations through Filmmaking No access
5. The Consequences of Refusing a NonPaid Job No access
6. Trust between Mairuuwas Depends on Patrons No access
7. Baiero’s Arrest: Endangering Group Security No access
8. Getting Along in Uncertainty No access
9. Notes No access
10. References No access
1. North Shäwa, 1989 No access
2. North Wälo, 2000–2010 No access
3. Room for Maneuver? No access
4. Notes No access
5. References No access
1. Maternal Health, Inequality, and Social Accountability No access
2. Study Setting and Methodologies No access
3. The Two Deaths No access
4. Accountability Measures No access
5. Social Accountability and Inequality No access
6. Concluding Remarks: Uncertainty and the Framing of Maternal Deaths No access
7. Notes No access
8. References No access
1. Background No access
2. Health on the Shores of Lake Turkana No access
3. The Global and National Health Agendas and Their Echoes in Turkana No access
4. The Cholera Outbreak of 2009 No access
5. Devolution and Revolution No access
6. Well-Being, Turkana Style No access
7. Conclusion No access
8. Notes No access
9. References No access
Conclusion No access Pages 177 - 180
Index No access Pages 181 - 184
About the Contributors No access Pages 185 - 188