A world of insecurity : anthropological perspectives on human security / edited by Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Ellen Bal and Oscar Salemink.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Human security and social anthropology / Thomas Hylland Eriksen -- Taking risks for security's sake : Bolivians resisting their state and its economic policies / Ton Salman -- State formation, imposition of a land market and silent resistance among the Berbers of the Middle Atlas / Bernard Venema (with Ali Mguild) -- Flexible migrants : Brazilian gold miners and their quest for human security in Surinam / Marjo de Theije and Ellen Bal -- 'Bharat-Wasie or Surinamie?' Hindustani notions of belonging in Surinam and the Netherlands / Ellen Bal and Kathinka Sinha-Kerkhoff -- Cultural identity as a key dimension of human security in Western Europe : the Dutch case / Edien Bartels [and others] -- 'I'd die without the cybersouk' : local experiences in a Dutch digital community centre / Lenie Brouwer -- Religion, identity and security among Pomeranian Lutheran migrants in Espírito Santo, Brazil (1880-2005) : a schema repertoire approach / André Droogers -- Changing notions of belonging : migrants and natives in an Amsterdam multicultural neighbourhood / Marion den Uyl -- Tales from a captive audience : dissident narratives and the official history of the Seychelles / Sandra Evers -- Harnessing ceremonial for political security : an Indian princely state on the verge of extinction / Dick Kooiman -- Ritual efficacy, spiritual security and human security : spirit mediumship in contemporary Vietnam / Oscar Salemink.