Western Political Science Association: Ethnography
Virtual presence for attendees and those interested in the 2023 annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association. Books on sale, University of Minnesota Press information, and more.
BOOKS ON SALE
All books below are 40% off using code MNWPSA23. Code expires June 1, 2023.
BROWSE BOOKS:
PHILOSOPHY // POLITICAL AND SOCIAL THEORY // ENVIRONMENT
SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS // ECONOMY // ETHNOGRAPHY
GOVERNMENT // PUBLIC POLICY // FOOD // EDUCATION // LAW
GENDER // RACE // HISTORY // GLOBALIZATION // URBAN STUDIES
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS // HUMAN RIGHTS // LABOR
ANIMALS AND SOCIETY // SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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Native Agency Indians in the Bureau of Indian Affairs Valerie Lambert 2022 Fall
- What happens when American Indians take over an institution designed to eliminate them?
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Meaningless Citizenship Iraqi Refugees and the Welfare State Sally Wesley Bonet 2022 Fall
- A searing critique of the “freedom” that America offers to the victims of its imperialist machinations of war and occupation
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The School-Prison Trust Sabina Vaught, Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy and Jeremiah Chin 2022 Fall
- Considers colonial school–prison systems in relation to the self-determination of Native communities, nations, and peoples
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Insecurity Richard Grusin, Editor 2022 Spring
- Investigating insecurity as the predominant logic of life in the present moment
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Spent behind the Wheel Drivers' Labor in the Uber Economy Julietta Hua and Kasturi Ray 2021 Fall
- Exploring professional passenger driving and the gig economy through feminist theories of labor
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Building on Borrowed Time Rising Seas and Failing Infrastructure in Semarang Lukas Ley 2021 Fall
- A timely ethnography of how Indonesia’s coastal dwellers inhabit the “chronic present” of a slow-motion natural disaster
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Practicing Cooperation Mutual Aid beyond Capitalism Andrew Zitcer 2021 Fall
- A powerful new understanding of cooperation as an antidote to alienation and inequality
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Saving Animals Multispecies Ecologies of Rescue and Care Elan Abrell 2021 Spring
- A fascinating and unprecedented ethnography of animal sanctuaries in the United States
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Fair Trade Rebels Coffee Production and Struggles for Autonomy in Chiapas Lindsay Naylor 2019 Fall
- Reassessing interpretations of development with a new approach to fair trade
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Food Justice Now! Deepening the Roots of Social Struggle Joshua Sbicca 2018 Fall
- A rallying cry to link the food justice movement to broader social justice debates
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Power and Progress on the Prairie Governing People on Rosebud Reservation Thomas Biolsi 2018 Spring
- A critical exploration of how modernity and progress were imposed on the people and land of rural South Dakota
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The River Is in Us Fighting Toxics in a Mohawk Community Elizabeth Hoover 2017 Fall
- The riveting story of the Mohawk community that fought back against the contamination of its lands
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When the Hills Are Gone Frac Sand Mining and the Struggle for Community Thomas W. Pearson 2017 Fall
- An overlooked part of fracking’s environmental impact becomes a window into the activists and industrial interests fighting for the future of energy production—and the fate of rural communities
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First Strike Educational Enclosures in Black Los Angeles Damien M. Sojoyner 2016 Fall
- Challenging perceptions of schooling and prison through the lens of America’s most populous state
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A Curriculum of Fear Homeland Security in U.S. Public Schools Nicole Nguyen 2016 Fall
- Winner: American Association of Geographers Globe Book Award for Public Understanding of Geography
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DIY Detroit Making Do in a City without Services Kimberley Kinder 2016 Spring
- When public services fail, neighbors step in to keep a city alive
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Freegans Diving into the Wealth of Food Waste in America Alex V. Barnard 2016 Spring
- Freegans, who try to live on what we throw away, reveal the limits of capitalism but also the limits of consumer activism in changing it