New formations of power, the oligarchic-corporate state, and anthropological ideological discourse

Anthropological Theory

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 285-299

  Kapferer, Bruce ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b National Humanities Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Class; Corporation; Ideology; Imperialism; Nationalism; Oligarchy; State

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747600764     PISSN: 14634996     EISSN: 17412641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1463499605055961     Document Type: Article

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