Up, down, and sideways

Foreword Laura Nader Introduction: On Studying Up, Down, and Sideways: What's at Stake? Roberto J. Gonzalez and Rachael Stryker PART I: STUDYING WEALTH AND POWER Chapter 1. On Debt: Tracking the Shifting Role of the Debtor in U.S. Bankruptcy Legal Practice Linda Coco Chapter 2. On Commerce: Analyzing the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997-1998 Jay Ou Chapter 3. On Bureaucracy: Excessively Up at the International Labour Organisation Ellen Hertz PART II: STUDYING ENVIRONMENT AND SUBSISTENCE Chapter 4. On Dispossession: The Work of Studying Up, Down, and Sideways in Guatemala's Indigenous Land Rights Movements Liza Grandia Chapter 5. On Food: Manufacturing Food Insecurity in Oaxaca, Mexico Roberto J. Gonzalez Chapter 6. On Environment: The Broker State, Peruvian Hydrocarbons Policy, and the Camisea Gas Project Patricia Urteaga-Crovetto PART III: STUDYING RELATIONSHIPS AND BUREAUCRACIES Chapter 7. On Family: Adoptive Parenting Up, Down, and Sideways Rachael Stryker Chapter 8. On Truth: The Repressed Memory Wars from Top to Bottom Robyn Kliger Chapter 9. On Common Sense: Lessons on Starting Over from Post-Soviet Ukraine Monica Eppinger Chapter 10. On Caring: Solidarity Anthropology (or, How to Keep Health Care from Becoming Science Fiction) Adrienne Pine On Power: Concluding Comments Barbara Rose Johnston, Roberto J. Gonzalez, and Rachael Stryker Notes on Contributors References

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