TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Leaky humanitarianism: the anthropology of small arms control in the Gambia
JO  - American ethnologist
A1  - Hultin, Niklas
SP  - 68
EP  - 80
VL  - 42
IS  - 1
N2  - Among Gambians, attitudes toward small arms control vary. For some, it appears as the unjust act of an overbearing and autocratic government; for others, it is part of the project of fashioning a modern state; for yet others, being licensed to carry a gun is a sign of respect from the state. On the basis of these differences, I develop the notion of leaky humanitarianism to capture how humanitarian small arms control underwrites state power. I further suggest that small arms control should be understood as a form of statecraft centered on injuring power and is thus a potent but underused diagnostic in the anthropology of the state.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0094-0496
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/amet.12116
ID  - ref1
ER  -