Political Authoritarianism in the Dominican Republic

What is 'authoritarian rule' and is it best studied? Using the Dominican Republic, this book investigates new methods of analysis, arguing that it should be imperative to approach authoritarian histories - like other histories - on the basis of detailed investigations of power relationships, everyday practices and meanings.

Autorentext

CHRISTIAN KROHN-HANSEN is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oslo, Norway. He is coeditor, with Knut G. Nustad, of State Formation: Anthropological Perspectives.

Inhalt
Introduction*Island, State, and Community*Kin, Friends, and Leaders*Chapter 4*Negotiating Rule: The Reformists and the Public Sector*Negotiating Rule: Political Fraud as Interaction*Constructing Masculinity, Negotiating Rule*Making the Nation*Bloody Memories*Conclusion