{"product_id":"mediating-the-global-9780804786515","title":"Mediating the Global","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMediating the Global\u003c\/i\u003e is an illuminating exploration of the lives and cultural space occupied by expatriates operating within the global development regime. Hindman provides fascinating insights into the work, leisure, and consumption practices of expatriates stationed in Nepal. Hindman's book shows that while expatriates may appear powerful in their roles as brokers of development, they are also global middlemen (and women) grappling with the constantly shifting prerogatives of the government and non-government agencies they serve.\" -- Susan Hangen * Ramapo College *\u003cbr\u003e\"[Hindman's] analysis pushes readers to face their own biases regarding who are legitimate research subjects, what comprises culture, and the ways in which global knowledge is produced.\" -- Amanda Snellinger * \u003ci\u003eAmerican Ethnologist\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"An extensive bibliography and index round out this well-researched and insightful examination of the challenges, pressures, and changing characteristics of Nepal's expatriate community, as well as the lessons that can be drawn and generalized from their experiences.\" -- \u003ci\u003eMidwest Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this important contribution to the anthropologies of development and work—as well as to development studies, international business, human resources and South Asian studies—Hindman offers an incisive yet sympathetic account of the intimate challenges that \"global middlemen\" face in their daily lives . . . Heather Hindman is already ahead of the curve, with recent articles focusing on Nepali experiences of the language exam required to work in Korea, and the political views of city youth returned from abroad. Understanding these eminently Nepali experiences of global mediation is a welcome next step that nicely complements Hindman's excellent first monograph.\" -- Sara Shneiderman * \u003ci\u003ePacific Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eMediating the Global\u003c\/i\u003e, Heather Hindman provides a glimpse into a subject rarely covered in anthropology—elite transnational laborers, 'expatria,' moving from the Global North to the Global South . . . Hindman's study reminds us of the importance of focusing on the mediators of globalization. Expatria transcend the simple dyads of global and local, producer and receiver, and origin and destination while transforming and being transformed by global structures.\" -- Andrew Nelson * \u003ci\u003eAmerican Anthropologist\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"The book is structured such that her analysis of employment structures and social aspects of expatria are interspersed with insightful anecdotes into the lives of families and individuals that she met and interviewed during her time in Katmandu. It is the firsthand observations and tangible experiences of expatriate employees that lend both strength and cogency to her observations and arguments . . . By focusing on forms of expatria in Katmandu, \u003ci\u003eMediating the Global\u003c\/i\u003e serves as an excellent point of reference for further studies examining how international businesses and development agencies operate in developing countries.\" -- Brett Aho * \u003ci\u003eH-Net\u003c\/i\u003e *","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405612032343,"sku":"9780804786515","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804786515.jpg?v=1730492994","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mediating-the-global-9780804786515","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}