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Agency at Work: Ethnographies in/of Late Industrialism - Modernity in Question
Based on the ethnographic method, this volume offers analytical insights into the workings of agency in late industrialism, revealed in interactions between a power plant and a local community in Opole, Silesia, in southwestern Poland. Political, economic, ethnic, gender, and mobility issues are examined through the prism of various scales.
148 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | July 2, 2021 |
| ISBN13 | 9783631846094 |
| Publishers | Peter Lang AG |
| Pages | 164 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 289 g |
| Language | German |
| Editor | Baer, Monika |
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