This text enlivens the study of the organization by shifting the emphasis to examine how social practices are embodied. The contributors offer an alternative framework for understanding the interplay between individuals, institutions and work

Shifting the frame from law in development to ending injustice / Sam Adelman and Abdul Paliwala -- The post-Hobbesian State, sovereignty and development / Raza Saeed -- Returning the anti-colonial to philosophy / Jayan Nayar -- The constitution of turbulence / Illan Rua Wall -- 'I built this...

There is today a new interest in empires past and present. Scholars seek fresh ways of understanding a form of power far older than the modern nation state. Others see empire, not long ago assumed to be a mode of governance on the way out, as having a surprising new lease on life, and want to...