“This san innovative collection on a seminal theme... OF particular importance isthe emphasis that the ‘margins’ are ot peripheral tothe working ofthe stat ut, on the contrary, highlight erucil arpecs ofits everyday functioning... Such an anthropology ofthe state snot about. looking up from the Toca! level a the state a a distinct and more or les distant instittion, but rather about the omnipresent transgression of foal modes ht pan pre of he perormnes fay stat onanization in daily pra Peer Cexchier, University of Amsterdam “This engaging, thoughtful ook presents and sustains a Aistnctively anthropological perspective on the contemporary slate and its relations to citizenship, identity, power, and daily life The author” attention tothe margins of state power leads ‘sto consider the difficuly of drawing a lie that separates, ‘ones within and without state contol — insights tht grow ‘nereasingly timely” en Orlove, University of California, Davis exe iil wencuncom 20078 A ae 33 ag 22 a2 a wn g 8 OXFORD Anthropology in the Margins of the State Veena Das and Deborah PooleAnthropology in the Margins of the State Edited by Veena Das and Deborah Poole OXFORD