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THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF LIFE AND DEATH IN THE U.S.A.
(2019-07-01)This research charts the structural transformations of American capitalism and attendant shifts in the distribution of health and illness at the dawn of the 21st century. Through the analytic lens of the political economy ... -
Contesting the Secular and Converting Space in Berlin? Becoming Jewish in an Urban Scene.
(2019-05-18)In recent years, Berlin has witnessed an ever-growing internationalization, predominantly through migration flows from all over the world. Its Jewish population has equally diversified: Berlin is now populated by Jews from ... -
Destruction as Rule: Containment, Censuring and Confusion in Pakistani Balochistan
(2019-07-15)This dissertation explores the contour and content of state-ordered destruction in the construction of state, territory, and subjects. To do so, it carries out a historical and ethnographic study of state violence, from ... -
Self-Reliant Subjects of Finance: Investing and Borrowing in Working-class Households in Contemporary Capitalism
(2019-10-26)This thesis examines the integration of households within finance markets in the United Kingdom, through increasing reliance on personal investment and borrowing, in order to understand how finance and risk have been ...
