What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
Politics, Political economy, Power, Bureaucracy and Modernity are his primary areas of study.
His work carried out in the field of Politics brings together such families of science as Discipline and Refugee.
His Political economy research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Civil society, Government, Governmentality, Neoliberalism and Social science.
In his works, James Ferguson performs multidisciplinary study on Power and Geography.
Bureaucracy and Target population are two areas of study in which James Ferguson engages in interdisciplinary work.
His Modernity research includes themes of Identity, Narrative and Ethnography.
His most cited work include:
- The anti-politics machine : "development," depoliticization, and bureaucratic power in Lesotho (2356 citations)
- Beyond “Culture”: Space, Identity, and the Politics of Difference (2079 citations)
- Spatializing States: Toward an Ethnography of Neoliberal Governmentality (1388 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His scientific interests lie mostly in Politics, Political economy, Power, Anthropology and Gender studies.
As a part of the same scientific family, he mostly works in the field of Politics, focusing on Basic income and, on occasion, Poverty.
His Political economy study incorporates themes from Government, Development economics, Capitalism, Neoliberalism and Economic system.
James Ferguson undertakes multidisciplinary investigations into Power and Geography in his work.
His work in the fields of Anthropology, such as Ethnography and Cultural anthropology, overlaps with other areas such as History.
His research in Civil society tackles topics such as Social science which are related to areas like Modernity.
He most often published in these fields:
- Politics (28.38%)
- Political economy (24.32%)
- Power (21.62%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2020)?
- Politics (28.38%)
- Distribution (8.11%)
- Livelihood (4.05%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
James Ferguson mostly deals with Politics, Distribution, Livelihood, Public administration and Power.
James Ferguson performs integrative study on Politics and History.
His Distribution research incorporates themes from Microeconomics, Welfare state, Fishery and Demography.
His research in Welfare state intersects with topics in Cash transfers, Neoliberalism and Market economy.
His Public administration study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Civil society, Bureaucracy, State and Operations management.
His Unemployment research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Basic income, Poverty, Development economics and Capitalism.
Between 2013 and 2020, his most popular works were:
- Give a Man a Fish: Reflections on the New Politics of Distribution (229 citations)
- Transnational Topographies of Power: Beyond "the State" and "Civil Society" in the Study of African Politics (12 citations)
- Beyond the “proper job:” Political-economic analysis after the century of labouring man (9 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
His main research concerns Politics, Unemployment, Civil society, State and Public administration.
His study connects Labour economics and Politics.
His Labour economics research incorporates elements of Livelihood and Economic analysis.
James Ferguson regularly links together related areas like Power in his Civil society studies.
His Proletariat research integrates issues from Social stratification, Property, Analogy and Intellectual history.
His Welfare state research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Basic income, Development economics, Capitalism, Distribution and Poverty.
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