This companion offers an unprecedented overview of anthropologys unique contribution to the study of politics explores the key concepts and issues of our time from aids globalization displacement and militarization to identity politics and beyond. A companion to the anthropology of politics the blackwell companions to anthropology offer a series of comprehensive syntheses of the traditional subdisciplines primary subjects and geographic areas of inquiry for the field taken together the series represents both a. This companion offers an unprecedented overview of anthropologys unique contribution to the study of politics explores the key concepts and issues of our time from aids globalization displacement and militarization to identity politics and beyond each chapter reflects on concepts and issues that have shaped the anthropology of politics and concludes with thoughts on and challenges for the way ahead anthropologys distinctive genre ethnography lies at the heart of this volume. A companion to the anthropology of politics david nugent and joan vincent eds malden ma blackwell publishing 2004 500 pp