{"product_id":"turf-wars-territory-and-citizenship-in-the-contemporary-state-hardcover-1","title":"Turf Wars: Territory and Citizenship in the Contemporary State - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBettina Ng'weno\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeople of African descent living in the Colombian Andes had long been struggling, as peasants and workers, for political participation and equal citizenship. When the 1991 Colombian Constitution enabled them to claim territory as ethnic groups, their demands became part of a growing worldwide phenomenon of citizenship claims that are based on territory and expressed through cultural distinction. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTurf Wars\u003c\/i\u003e looks at two such claims pursued by Afro-Colombians in the 1990s and investigates how territory serves to connect and disconnect citizen and state in the context of today's changing state authority, legitimacy, and institutions. Drawing from a detailed and rich ethnographic study of everyday Afro-Colombian life, the author underscores the centrality of territory to modern states and the consequences of legal categorizations of race and ethnicity. Though focused on Afro-Colombian struggles for political space in their country, \u003ci\u003eTurf Wars\u003c\/i\u003e also illustrates how these struggles are part of events and entities operating on a much broader global front.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBettina Ng'weno is Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies at the University of California, Davis. Trained in anthropology and originally from Kenya, her research focuses on states and property in Latin America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 9.14 x 6.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 16, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47685224759517,"sku":"9780804755962","price":129.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/dd2FtVT2Bs9780804755962_83655dfb-1af7-452c-884e-477722a4bb21.webp?v=1774008000","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/turf-wars-territory-and-citizenship-in-the-contemporary-state-hardcover-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}