This series explores policy through anthropological methodologies to better understand how policies work as instruments of political intervention and social change. What new kinds of actors, subjects, and social spaces do policies create, and how are they used to manage populations? Can policy analysis shed light on wider transformations of governance and power? How can ethnography capture critical dimensions of policymaking, and the cultural worlds of policymakers themselves? For more on the series, click below.
Making Sense of Nuclear Waste The Association for the Anthropology Judi Pajo (Pace University) November 2, 2016 Nuclear energy is having a busy summer. While the industry is keeping its 99 US nuclear plants running, at close to full capacity, to supply for the...
Living with Debt — Review of Navigating Austerity: Currents of Debt Along a South Asian River The Association for the Anthropology of Policy Review of Navigating Austerity: Currents of Debt Along a South Asian River by Kenneth Bo Nielsen (U Bergen, Norway) October 12,...
A Vital Anthropology of Foreign Policy — Review of Drugs, Thugs, and Diplomats: US Policymaking in Colombia The Association for the Anthropology of Policy Review of Drugs, Thugs, and Diplomats: US Policymaking in Colombia by Janne Bjerre Christensen (Danish Institute...
Shadow Elite: How the World's New Power Brokers Undermine Democracy, Government, and the Free Market Janine R. Wedel, November 2019 It can feel like we’re swimming in a sea of corruption. It’s unclear who exactly is in charge and what role they play. The same...