Perilous states : conversations on culture, politics, and nation

Dirges for Soviets passed / Bruce Grant -- Returning to Eastern Europe / Kathryn Milun -- Six to eight characters in search of Armenian civil society amidst the carnivalization of history / Michael M.J. Fischer and Stella Grigorian-- Two urban shamans / Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer -- Racism and formation of a Romani ethnic leader / Sam Beck -- Working through the other / Michael M.J. Fischer -- Greek women in the Europe of 1992 / Eleni Papagaroufali and Eugenia Georges -- Illicit discourse / Douglas R. Holmes -- The outlaw state and the lone rangers / Julie Taylor -- A terrible commitment : balancing the tribes in South African national culture / David B. Coplan -- A preview of volume 2 : reflections of fieldwork in Alameda / Paul Rabinow.