Sian Lazar: 2 books
El Alto, Rebel City
Self and Citizenship in Andean Bolivia
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2008
Combining anthropological methods and theories with political philosophy, Sian Lazar analyzes everyday practices and experiences of citizenship in a satellite city to the Bolivian capital of La Paz: El Alto, where more than three-quarters of the population identify as indigenous Aymara. For several...
The Social Life of Politics
Ethics, Kinship, and Union Activism in Argentina
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
A central motor of Argentine historical and political development since the early twentieth century, unions have been the site of active citizenship in both political participation and the distribution of social, economic, political, and cultural rights. What brings activists to Argentine unions and...