2-0040 LAW, LEGITIMACY AND POWER IN THE CONSTITUTION OF DEMOCRATIC POLITICS

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011: 12:00-13:45

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Students, Teachers of Anthropology in Community Colleges, Practicing and Applied Anthropologists

Organizers: Jeffrey T Martin (University of Hong Kong)

Chairs: Jeffrey T Martin (University of Hong Kong)

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Scandalous Democracy: Outlaw Legislators and the Police Power In Post-Authoritarian Taiwan

Jeffrey T Martin (University of Hong Kong)

12:15

Civic Personhood In a Pluralist Society: Uncertainty and Belonging In Urban Mozambique

Lauren J Montgomery-Rinehart (Binghamton University (SUNY))

12:30

Decentralization and the Local State In Northern Mali: Elected Officials As Public Servants

Aurelien Mauxion (Northwestern University)

12:45

Legacies of Authoritative Knowledge: Constructing Rules and by-Laws In Tanzanian Mutual Help Groups

Daivi Rodima-Taylor (Boston University)

13:00

Legal Alignment: A New Method for Understanding State Power, Presence, and Corruption

Jeremy A Pine (University of Pennsylvania)

13:15

Locating Governance In Kenya's Kibera Slum

Michelle A Osborn (Oxford University)

13:30

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