The Politics of Relations

André Thiemann is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Ethnology, Department of Ecological Anthropology at the Czech Academy of Sciences. He is presently Visiting Researcher at the Department of Social Sciences, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil on the project ‘Materialities of Value: Comparing Grassroots Economics in the Global South and East’.

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Acknowledgements

Note on Text

Acronyms



Introduction: The Politics of Relations



Part I: The Local Council



Prelude I: The Ethnographic Position



Chapter 1. Embeddedness: Between Government and Representation



Interlude I: Transformations of Local Self-government



Chapter 2. Boundary Work: Rhythms of Self-government and Infrastructural Gridding

Chapter 3. Of Refugees and Fathers: The Tacit Social Policy of the Mesna Zajednica



Part II: The Centre for Social Work



Prelude II: Social Security and Care



Chapter 4. Modalities of Social Work: Inclusive Distribution vs. Exclusive Protection

Chapter 5. The Strategic Selectivity of Senior Home Care



Conclusion: Contours of a Relational Approach to the State



References

Index