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L'autre et nous : scènes et types
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ISBN: 2841462846 Year: 1995 Publisher: Paris : Paris : Syros, ACHAC,


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La Suisse coloniale : les représentations de l'Afrique et des Africains en Suisse au temps des colonies (1880-1939)
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ISBN: 9783034305501 Year: 2011 Publisher: Frankfurt am Main [etc.] Peter Lang

Naissances au Burundi : entre tradition et planification
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ISBN: 2747508064 Year: 2002 Publisher: Paris : L'harmattan,


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World culture and the black experience
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ISBN: 0295953225 0295953284 9780295953229 Year: 1974 Publisher: Seattle, WA : University of Washington Press,

Patrons, clients, and friends : interpersonal relations and the structure of trust in society
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ISBN: 0521288908 0521246873 0511557744 9780521288903 9780511557743 Year: 1984 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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The form of social relations described by the terms 'patronage' and 'patron-client relations' is of central concern to sociologists, anthropologists and political scientists today. Characterised by its voluntary and highly personal but often fully institutionalised nature, it is a type of behaviour found in almost every human society. It touches upon basic aspects of the construction and regulation of social order and is therefore closely connected to major theoretical problems and controversies in the social sciences. This book analyses some special types of these interpersonal relations - ritual kinship, patron-client relations and friendship - and the social conditions in which they develop. The authors draw upon a wide range of examples, from societies as diverse as these of the Mediterranean, Latin America, the Middle and Far East and the U.S.S.R., in their study of the core characteristics of such relationships. They look at them as mechanisms of social exchange, examine their impact on the institutional structures in which they exist, and assess the significance of the variations in their occurrence. Their analysis highlights the importance of these relationships in social life and concludes with a stimulating discussion of the ensuring tensions and ambivalences and the ways in which these are dealt with - though perhaps never fully overcome. Patrons, clients and friends is the first systematic comparative study of these interpersonal relations and makes the first attempt to relate them to central aspects of social structure. It will therefore be an important contribution to both comparative analysis and social theory and will be of interest to a wide range of social scientists.

Reinventing Africa : museums, material culture and popular imagination in Late Victorian and Edwardian England
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ISBN: 0300068905 Year: 1997 Publisher: New Haven (Conn.): Yale university

Imagining insiders : Africa and the question of belonging
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ISBN: 0304704792 0304704784 Year: 1999 Volume: *1 Publisher: London New York Cassell


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Världen bortom västerlandet. 1. I : svensk syn paa fjaerran laender och folk fraan 1700-talet till foersta vaerldskriget
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ISBN: 9185252425 Year: 1988 Publisher: Goeteborg : Vetenskaps- och vitterhets-samhället,

Race and ethnicity : across time, space, and discipline
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ISSN: 15734234 ISBN: 9004139915 9786610915460 9047405943 1280915463 1429408391 9781429408394 9789004139916 9781280915468 6610915466 9789047405948 Year: 2004 Volume: 2 Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill,

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Race and ethnicity, much like water and air, are all around us. Yet, race and ethnicity remain imprevious to many of us. Hence in this volume authors were challenged to think outside the box. As such, scholars were encouraged to dare to contemplate, to evaluate, and analyze issues regarding race and ethnicity from radically different perspectives. This critical process required them to evaluate their own assumptions and those of their respective disciplines. Therefore, much like walking a tight-rope without a net, the scholars attempt to free themselves from the disciplinarian blinders that often preclude the development of fresh insights. Collectively the papers challenge the way we conceive and perceive of race and ethnicity. As a consequence they go past the ideological constraints that normally limit such discourse by disciplinarian boundaries or disciplinarian myopia. Therefore, these papers provide a critical reappraisal of race and ethnicity.

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