US Military Bases and Anti-Military Organizing: An Ethnography of an Air Force Base in Ecuador - Hardcover

Fitz-Henry, Erin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1137501170 ISBN 13: 9781137501172

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

Synopsis

US military presence in twenty-first century in Latin America has recently been characterised by rapidly intensifying militarization alongside under-supported anti-military activism. This book redirects recent debates about twenty-first century social mobilization by taking seriously those who actively resist the social movements in their midst.

About this title

About the Author:

Erin Fitz-Henry is Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology and Development Studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Review:

The volume is well written, theoretically sophisticated, and full of insights, and it importantly provides the voices of many locals. ... The book is written from the perspective of an activist-anthropologist ... . to her great credit and disciplinary professionalism, Fitz-Henry does a superb job of bringing out the full complexity of the social and cultural circumstances of Manta. For any anthropologist concerned with global and national issues of militarism and militarization, this is an important and timely volume.” (Eyal Ben-Ari, American Anthropologist, Vol. 118 (4), December, 2016)

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1137501170
• ISBN 13: 9781137501172
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 247