Christopher Krupa teaches anthropology at the University of Toronto. David Nugent is Professor of Anthropology and director of the Master's in Development Practice program at Emory University. He is the author of Modernity at the Edge of Empire: State, Individual, and Nation in the Northern Peruvian Andes.

"A heroic, successful, and grounded assault on the apparent empirical reality of the state and its 'state effects.' These intrepid scholars hurl themselves at the Andean state, but they bring an analytical imagination and ethnographic practice to match the shape-shifting social production of the state that we can all learn from. A major break in the sterile, realist clouds that have obscured a more nuanced understanding of both state effects and state affects." (James C. Scott, Yale University) "A very important book for political anthropologists and historians of state formation. Its compelling and unique argument will be a fascinating intervention" (Nancy Postero, University of California, San Diego) "A splendid collection of very strong essays by first-class scholars that contributes to the regional ethnographic and historical literature and to discussions of the nature of the state, political rule, and citizenship in the region. State Theory and Andean Politics fills a void." (Finn Stepputat, Danish Institute for International Studies)

• Chapter 1. Off-Centered States: Rethinking State Theory Through an Andean Lens-Christopher Krupa and David NugentPART I. CRITICAL PHENOMENOLOGIES OF RULEChapter 2. The Idea of the State in Colombia: An Analysis from the Periphery-MarÍa Clemencia RamÍrezChapter 3. Respatializing the State from the Margins: Reflections on the Camba Autonomy Movement in Santa Cruz, Bolivia-Nicole FabricantChapter 4. State Formation and Class Politics in Colombia-Lesley GillPART II. OFF-CENTERED MORPHOLOGIES OF STATEChapter 5. Cadastral Politics: Property Wars and State Realism in Highland Ecuador-Christopher KrupaChapter 6. New Arenas of State Action in Highland Ecuador: Public Health and State Formation, c. 1925-1950-A. Kim ClarkChapter 7. The State and Indigenous Women in Ecuador, 1925-1975-Mercedes PrietoPART III. FEAR, FANTASY, AND DELUSIONChapter 8. Haunting the Modern Andean State: Colonial Legacies of Race and Civilization-Irene SilverblattChapter 9. Appearances to the Contrary: Fantasy, Fear, and Displacement in Twentieth-Century Peruvian State Formation-David NugentPART IV. CROSS-BORDER PROCESSES OF STATECRAFTChapter 10. Notes on the Formation of the Andean Colonial State-Karen SpaldingChapter 11. The Aspirational State: State Effects in Putumayo-Winifred TatePART V. THEORETICAL REFLECTIONSChapter 12. Off-Centered States: An Appreciation-Gyanendra PandeyChapter 13. Viewing States from the Global South-Akhil GuptaNotesBibliographyList of ContributorsIndexAcknowledgments

Christopher Krupa teaches anthropology at the University of Toronto. David Nugent is Professor of Anthropology and director of the Master's in Development Practice program at Emory University. He is the author of Modernity at the Edge of Empire: State, Individual, and Nation in the Northern Peruvian Andes.

"A heroic, successful, and grounded assault on the apparent empirical reality of the state and its 'state effects.' These intrepid scholars hurl themselves at the Andean state, but they bring an analytical imagination and ethnographic practice to match the shape-shifting social production of the state that we can all learn from. A major break in the sterile, realist clouds that have obscured a more nuanced understanding of both state effects and state affects." (James C. Scott, Yale University) "A very important book for political anthropologists and historians of state formation. Its compelling and unique argument will be a fascinating intervention" (Nancy Postero, University of California, San Diego) "A splendid collection of very strong essays by first-class scholars that contributes to the regional ethnographic and historical literature and to discussions of the nature of the state, political rule, and citizenship in the region. State Theory and Andean Politics fills a void." (Finn Stepputat, Danish Institute for International Studies)

• Chapter 1. Off-Centered States: Rethinking State Theory Through an Andean Lens-Christopher Krupa and David NugentPART I. CRITICAL PHENOMENOLOGIES OF RULEChapter 2. The Idea of the State in Colombia: An Analysis from the Periphery-MarÍa Clemencia RamÍrezChapter 3. Respatializing the State from the Margins: Reflections on the Camba Autonomy Movement in Santa Cruz, Bolivia-Nicole FabricantChapter 4. State Formation and Class Politics in Colombia-Lesley GillPART II. OFF-CENTERED MORPHOLOGIES OF STATEChapter 5. Cadastral Politics: Property Wars and State Realism in Highland Ecuador-Christopher KrupaChapter 6. New Arenas of State Action in Highland Ecuador: Public Health and State Formation, c. 1925-1950-A. Kim ClarkChapter 7. The State and Indigenous Women in Ecuador, 1925-1975-Mercedes PrietoPART III. FEAR, FANTASY, AND DELUSIONChapter 8. Haunting the Modern Andean State: Colonial Legacies of Race and Civilization-Irene SilverblattChapter 9. Appearances to the Contrary: Fantasy, Fear, and Displacement in Twentieth-Century Peruvian State Formation-David NugentPART IV. CROSS-BORDER PROCESSES OF STATECRAFTChapter 10. Notes on the Formation of the Andean Colonial State-Karen SpaldingChapter 11. The Aspirational State: State Effects in Putumayo-Winifred TatePART V. THEORETICAL REFLECTIONSChapter 12. Off-Centered States: An Appreciation-Gyanendra PandeyChapter 13. Viewing States from the Global South-Akhil GuptaNotesBibliographyList of ContributorsIndexAcknowledgments

Christopher Krupa teaches anthropology at the University of Toronto. David Nugent is Professor of Anthropology and director of the Master's in Development Practice program at Emory University. He is the author of Modernity at the Edge of Empire: State, Individual, and Nation in the Northern Peruvian Andes.

"A heroic, successful, and grounded assault on the apparent empirical reality of the state and its 'state effects.' These intrepid scholars hurl themselves at the Andean state, but they bring an analytical imagination and ethnographic practice to match the shape-shifting social production of the state that we can all learn from. A major break in the sterile, realist clouds that have obscured a more nuanced understanding of both state effects and state affects." (James C. Scott, Yale University) "A very important book for political anthropologists and historians of state formation. Its compelling and unique argument will be a fascinating intervention" (Nancy Postero, University of California, San Diego) "A splendid collection of very strong essays by first-class scholars that contributes to the regional ethnographic and historical literature and to discussions of the nature of the state, political rule, and citizenship in the region. State Theory and Andean Politics fills a void." (Finn Stepputat, Danish Institute for International Studies)

• Chapter 1. Off-Centered States: Rethinking State Theory Through an Andean Lens-Christopher Krupa and David NugentPART I. CRITICAL PHENOMENOLOGIES OF RULEChapter 2. The Idea of the State in Colombia: An Analysis from the Periphery-MarÍa Clemencia RamÍrezChapter 3. Respatializing the State from the Margins: Reflections on the Camba Autonomy Movement in Santa Cruz, Bolivia-Nicole FabricantChapter 4. State Formation and Class Politics in Colombia-Lesley GillPART II. OFF-CENTERED MORPHOLOGIES OF STATEChapter 5. Cadastral Politics: Property Wars and State Realism in Highland Ecuador-Christopher KrupaChapter 6. New Arenas of State Action in Highland Ecuador: Public Health and State Formation, c. 1925-1950-A. Kim ClarkChapter 7. The State and Indigenous Women in Ecuador, 1925-1975-Mercedes PrietoPART III. FEAR, FANTASY, AND DELUSIONChapter 8. Haunting the Modern Andean State: Colonial Legacies of Race and Civilization-Irene SilverblattChapter 9. Appearances to the Contrary: Fantasy, Fear, and Displacement in Twentieth-Century Peruvian State Formation-David NugentPART IV. CROSS-BORDER PROCESSES OF STATECRAFTChapter 10. Notes on the Formation of the Andean Colonial State-Karen SpaldingChapter 11. The Aspirational State: State Effects in Putumayo-Winifred TatePART V. THEORETICAL REFLECTIONSChapter 12. Off-Centered States: An Appreciation-Gyanendra PandeyChapter 13. Viewing States from the Global South-Akhil GuptaNotesBibliographyList of ContributorsIndexAcknowledgments