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Law, Power and Culture

Supporting Change From Within

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Fauzia Knight

    1. Independent Scholar, UK

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  • An original study drawing on the author's empirical research
  • Offers fresh theory on highly topical issues, including forced marriage
  • Part of Palgrave Macmillan's growing SocioLegal Studies series

Part of the book series: Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies (PSLS)

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A fresh theory on how individuals respond to inequalities occurring within their own communities. This original and insightful study draws on empirical research on the Santal people of Asia, examining power relations within social fields, and the state, to reveal a typology of power practices, and applies these to forced marriage in the West.

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Fauzia Knight
    Pages 1-16

  3. Power, Resistance and Legal Pluralism: Processes of Freedom and Constraint

    • Fauzia Knight
    Pages 17-33

  4. The Santal: Processes of Subordination in the State

    • Fauzia Knight
    Pages 34-56

  5. The Primary Construction of Inequality: Kinship, Law and Ritual in the Santal Family and Village

    • Fauzia Knight
    Pages 57-78

  6. Resisting from Without: The Illusive Promise of the Alternative Legal Order

    • Fauzia Knight
    Pages 79-100

  7. The Realization of Needs from Within: The Power Product and Non-compliance

    • Fauzia Knight
    Pages 101-126

  8. A Tripartite Theory: Power Practices and Embedded Change

    • Fauzia Knight
    Pages 127-145

  9. Forced Marriage: Engaging with Renegotiations Within

    • Fauzia Knight
    Pages 146-166

  10. Conclusion

    • Fauzia Knight
    Pages 167-170

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 171-190
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Independent Scholar, UK

    Fauzia Knight

About the author

Fauzia Knight is an independent scholar based in the UK and former Joint Director of the BA in Anthropology and Law at the London School of Ecomomics and Political Science.

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