publications

Books

Tales from Albarado: Pyramid Firms, Value and Social Transformation in Postsocialist Albania. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2020.

Winner of the Stavri Skëndi Book Prize

Remitting, Restoring, and Building Contemporary Albania

[Co-edited with Nataša Gregorić Bon] Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.

Money at the Margins: Global Perspectives on Technology, Inclusion and Design. [Co-edited with Bill Maurer and Ivan Small] New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2018.

Articles and Book Chapters

cities

“Reclaiming the Mediterranean City: Contesting the Legitimacy of Urban Renewal Projects and the Airbnb Economy in Marseille.” Forms of Inequality and the Legitimacy of Governance.

“Tirana Visible and Invisible.” Invisible Cities and the Urban Imagination

“Temporalities of Concrete in a Postcommunist City.” Remitting, Building, and Restoring the Contemporary Albania

speculative finance

“Housing, Speculation, and Social Change in Albania” Current History

“The Magic of Pyramid Firms: Political Cosmologies, Credibility and Collapsed Finance.” Ethnos: Journal of Anthropology

“Pyramid Firms and Value Transformation in Postsocialist Albania.” Ethnologie Française

“Tales from Albarado: The Materiality of Pyramid Schemes in Postsocialist Albania.” Cultural Anthropology

corruption

“Corruption, Right On! Hidden Cameras, Satire, and Intimacies of Anti-corruption.” Current Anthropology

“Indicators, Global Expertise, and a Local Political Drama: Producing and Deploying Corruption Perception Surveys in Albania.” Handbook on Global Governance by Indicators

“Corruption Indicators in the Local Legal/Political Landscape: Reflections from Albania” The Quiet Power of Indicators

introductions and editorials

“Book Review Editorial: Recent Contributions in Political and Legal Anthropology.” (with Matthew Canfield) PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review

“Book Review Editorial: Emerging Themes in Legal and Political Anthropology.” (with Matthew Canfield) PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review

“Introduction: Remitting, Restoring and Building Contemporary Albania.” (with Nataša Gregorič Bon) Remitting, Building, and Restoring Contemporary Albania

“Introduction: Money and Finance at the Margins.” (with Ivan Small) Money at the Margins