Power, Politics, and Society

Blood for bread: Necro‐labor, nonsovereign bodies, and the state of exception in Rojhelat

“…Anthropologists have utilized the concept of sovereignty as a discursive analytical tool to study Indigenous cultures and their quest for self‐determination in the United States, Canada, and Africa primarily due to the shared experiences of European colonialism and the political legacies it left on successor states (see Bonilla, 2017; Kauanui, 2017; Sturm, 2017). This has marked a shift from studying the classic forms of political systems and power structures toward new forms of domination (see Clements, 2016; Dobratz et al., 2019; Krzyzaniak, 2010; Nash, 2007; Neuman, 2008; Orum & Dale, 2009; Rush, 1992; Smith, 2011). Following a growing debate on the modern conception of sovereignty and, more importantly, its contemporary rearticulation by Foucault and Agamben, social scientists began to not only retheorize the persisting legacy of settler colonialism (Cavanagh & Veracini, 2017; Martier, 2017) and explore how the colonizers dispossessed the Indigenous people from their lands, perpetrated outright genocides (see Weitz, 2003), and deployed forced assimilation, a practice that Wolfe (2006, 27) referred to as “the logic of elimination,” but also investigate the modern forms of colonialism that render minoritized and vulnerable communities disposable and expendable.…”

National Security Architecture and the Question of Nigerian Federalism: The Phenomenon of State Police and its Feasibility

“…In this arrangement, all diversities are managed through equal and equitable representation, both politically and economically. Such factors as proximity, security purpose, geographical advantage, mutual economic benefit, and comparative cost advantage motivate the formation of a federal state (Dobratz et al 2012).…”

“…Federalism is operated worldwide by many countries, especially those with contiguous geographical territory and a large population that is decimated by the diversities and complexities of ethnic, religious, and regional differences (Sodaro, 2015). The United States of America, Brazil, Nigeria, Canada, India, Australia, Germany, Malaysia, Ethiopia, South Africa, and several other major world countries operate federalism in different structures and patterns (Dobratz et al 2012). For instance, in the United States, there is a three-level government, including the federal, state, and county governments, which is exactly obtainable in Nigeria in the form of the federal, state, and local governments (Hague et al 2016).…”

Refleksi Budaya Politik dan Perilaku Memilih Suku Sunda

“…Temuan di atas sejalan dengan hasil penelitian Mujani (2020) pada studi di Pilgub Jakarta tahun 2018 yang menyatakan bahwa faktor identitas agama dan etnik menjadi signifikan karena para kandidat mewakili golongan kelompok agama dan etnik yang berbeda, ditambah isu agama menjadi krusial pada saat Pemilu berlangsung. Sementara itu, Dobratz et al, (2016) mengungkapkan bahwa dalam kondisi Pemilu yang tanpa diganggu isu-isu agama atau etnik, pemilih akan mempertimbangkan isu-isu politik alternatif yang disodorkan oleh kandidat. Artinya, pengutamaan etnis dapat terjadi dalam kondisi dimana terdapat isu-isu yang menyebabkan masyarakat mengalami penguatan identitas etnis ketika menghadapi Pemilu.…”