First ethnographic study of favors in a former Yugoslav country;
First ethnographic study of a welfare system in a former Yugoslav country;
It explores how the same people pursue favors across several fields (social protection, healthcare, humanitarianism), rather than just to focus on one field;
It offers a new theoretical interpretation of the role of ambiguity in neoliberalism.
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Acknowledgments
Note on transliteration
Introduction
PART I: PERSONHOOD
Chapter 1. Creating Knowledge about Others: Locating, Knowing "by Sight", and Ethnography
Chapter 2. Favors Reproduce Social Personhood
PART II: CITIZENSHIP
Chapter 3. Local Community and Ethical Citizenship: Neoliberal Reconfigurations of Social Protection
Chapter 4. Pursuing Favors within a Local Community
PART III: POWER
Chapter 5. Managing Ambiguity in Social Protection
Chapter 6. Navigating Ambiguity: the Moveopticon
Conclusion: Morality, Interest, and Sociality in the Global Postsocialist Condition
Bibliography
Index
