Sovereignty revisited

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 35, Issue , 2006, Pages 295-315

  Hansen, Thomas Blom ^a   Stepputat, Finn ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Authority; Body; Government; Kingship; Political anthropology; Violence

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; COLONIALISM; LEADERSHIP; POLITICAL HISTORY; SOVEREIGNTY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33751069966     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.35.081705.123317     Document Type: Article

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