A World of Insecurity: Anthropological Perspectives of Human Security

Contents......Page 6
Series Preface......Page 8
1. Human Security and Social Anthropology by Thomas Hylland Eriksen......Page 10
Part I: The Political Economy of Human Security......Page 30
2. Taking Risks for Security’s Sake: Bolivians Resisting their State and its Economic Policies by Ton Salman......Page 32
3. State Formation, Imposition of a Land Market and Silent Resistance among the Berbers of the Middle Atlas by Bernhard Venema, with contributions by Ali Mguild......Page 54
4. Flexible Migrants: Brazilian Gold Miners and their Quest for Human Security in Surinam by Marjo de Theije and Ellen Bal......Page 75
Part II: Security, Identity and Belonging......Page 96
5. ‘Bharat-Wasie or Surinamie?’ Hindustani Notions of Belonging in Surinam and the Netherlands by Ellen Bal and Kathinka Sinha-Kerkhoff......Page 98
6. Cultural Identity as a Key Dimension of Human Security in Western Europe: The Dutch Case by Edien Bartels, Kim Knibbe, Martijn de Koning and Oscar Salemink......Page 125
7. ‘I’d die without the Cybersouk’: Local Experiences in a Dutch Digital Community Centre by Lenie Brouwer......Page 142
8. Religion, Identity and Security among Pomeranian Lutheran Migrants in Espírito Santo, Brazil (1880–2005): A Schema Repertoire Approach by André Droogers......Page 157
Part III: States of (In)security......Page 188
9. Changing Notions of Belonging: Migrants and Natives in an Amsterdam Multicultural Neighbourhood by Marion den Uyl......Page 190
10. Tales from a Captive Audience: Dissident Narratives and the Official History of the Seychelles by Sandra Evers......Page 217
11. Harnessing Ceremonial for Political Security: An Indian Princely State on the Verge of Extinction by Dick Kooiman......Page 250
12. Ritual Efficacy, Spiritual Security and Human Security: Spirit Mediumship In Contemporary Vietnam by Oscar Salemink......Page 271
Notes on Contributors......Page 300
Index......Page 301