The Politics of Relations

<p> Rethinking the contributions of the Manchester School of Social Anthropology for political ethnography the <em>Politics of Relations</em> elaborates its relational approach to the state along four interlaced axes of research - embeddedness boundary work modalities and strategic selectivity - that enable thick comparisons across spatio-temporal scales of power.<br /> In Serbia local experiences of self-government infrastructure and care motivate its citizens to become the state while cursing it heartily. While both officials and citizens strive for a state that enables a normal life they navigate the increasingly illiberal politics enacted by national parties and tolerated by trans-national donors.</p>