Resilience of UK infrastructure
(2010)
Journal Article
Outputs (13)
Review of Oak Park Stories (directed by Jay Ruby) (2009)
Journal Article
Suicide in Sri Lanka: The anthropology of an epidemic (2014)
Book
Why people kill themselves remains an enduring and unanswered question. With a focus on Sri Lanka, a country that for several decades has reported ‘epidemic’ levels of suicidal behaviour, this book develops a unique perspective linking the causes and... Read More about Suicide in Sri Lanka: The anthropology of an epidemic.
Order and anarchy: civil society, social disorder and war (2006)
Book
Argues against the view that the Capitalist market economy is uniquely conducive to the creation of civil society. Shows that Locke and Ferguson identified civil society with social co-operation based on rational self- interest in all human societies... Read More about Order and anarchy: civil society, social disorder and war.
An anthropological analysis of local politics and patronage in a Pakistani village (2004)
Book
Asymmetrical power relationships are found throughout Pakistan’s Punjabi and Pukhtun communities. These relationships must be examined as manifestations of cultural continuity rather than as separate structures. The various cultures of Pakistan displ... Read More about An anthropological analysis of local politics and patronage in a Pakistani village.
An introduction to theory in anthropology. (1997)
Book
Evolution of Sleep: Phylogenetic and Functional Perspectives. (2009)
Book
Research during the past two decades has produced major advances in understanding sleep within particular species. Simultaneously, molecular advances have made it possible to generate phylogenetic trees, while new analytical methods provide the tools... Read More about Evolution of Sleep: Phylogenetic and Functional Perspectives..