Seeing it like a magical state: discretion, (de)stabilisation, and the development of street-level systems of meaning at the South African Immigration bureaucracy
Abstract: Anthropological accounts of the state are often voiced from the perspective of the public, demonstrating the potential for danger or illegibility in encounters with the state. Less has been said, however, about how functionaries of the state perceive their interactions with the public. Thi...
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| Format: | Others |
| Language: | en |
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10539/7470 |