Catherine Besteman

1.5k total citations
43 papers, 746 citations indexed

About

Catherine Besteman is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Catherine Besteman has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 746 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 17 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 16 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Catherine Besteman's work include African history and culture analysis (7 papers), Migration, Refugees, and Integration (6 papers) and Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (6 papers). Catherine Besteman is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture analysis (7 papers), Migration, Refugees, and Integration (6 papers) and Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (6 papers). Catherine Besteman collaborates with scholars based in United States and Hungary. Catherine Besteman's co-authors include Hugh Gusterson, Lee V. Cassanelli and Angelique Haugerud and has published in prestigious journals such as American Anthropologist, Current Anthropology and Economic Development and Cultural Change.

In The Last Decade

Catherine Besteman

38 papers receiving 599 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Catherine Besteman United States 15 503 267 205 88 53 43 746
Barbara Oomen Netherlands 14 547 1.1× 269 1.0× 92 0.4× 29 0.3× 43 0.8× 58 835
Michael Neocosmos South Africa 11 372 0.7× 75 0.3× 65 0.3× 42 0.5× 22 0.4× 33 500
David Hardiman United Kingdom 14 325 0.6× 224 0.8× 228 1.1× 19 0.2× 34 0.6× 37 686
David Newbury United States 14 420 0.8× 171 0.6× 211 1.0× 13 0.1× 25 0.5× 64 619
Ronald Niezen Canada 14 344 0.7× 158 0.6× 172 0.8× 56 0.6× 23 0.4× 41 712
Mark Goodale Switzerland 14 447 0.9× 339 1.3× 152 0.7× 20 0.2× 10 0.2× 52 811
Ghazi Falah United States 15 654 1.3× 199 0.7× 66 0.3× 18 0.2× 51 1.0× 51 822
Jeffrey Haynes United Kingdom 19 897 1.8× 386 1.4× 103 0.5× 13 0.1× 58 1.1× 123 1.1k
Peter Robb United Kingdom 12 265 0.5× 217 0.8× 230 1.1× 13 0.1× 24 0.5× 53 636
Greg Grandin United States 10 271 0.5× 231 0.9× 91 0.4× 12 0.1× 31 0.6× 36 509

Countries citing papers authored by Catherine Besteman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Catherine Besteman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Catherine Besteman

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Catherine Besteman. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Catherine Besteman based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Catherine Besteman. Catherine Besteman is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Besteman, Catherine. (2024). Prison Rebellions, Black Radical Consciousness, and Counterinsurgency. Current Anthropology. 65(3). 579–581.
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Besteman, Catherine. (2023). Carcerality and Violence. Philosophy and Rhetoric. 56(3-4). 338–349. 1 indexed citations
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Besteman, Catherine. (2020). Militarized Global Apartheid. 12 indexed citations
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Besteman, Catherine. (2017). Experimenting in Somalia: The new security empire. Anthropological Theory. 17(3). 404–420. 12 indexed citations
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Besteman, Catherine. (2016). Making Refuge. 70 indexed citations
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Besteman, Catherine. (2013). Somali Bantus in a state of refuge. HIMALAYA. 12(1). 8. 5 indexed citations
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Besteman, Catherine & Angelique Haugerud. (2013). The desire for relevance (Respond to this article at http://www.therai.org.uk/at/debate). Anthropology Today. 29(6). 1–2. 6 indexed citations
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Besteman, Catherine. (2011). The Early Morning Phone Call: Somali Refugees’ Remittances by Anna Lindley. American Anthropologist. 113(4). 685–686. 1 indexed citations
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Besteman, Catherine. (2010). In and Out of the Academy: Policy and the Case for a Strategic Anthropology. Human Organization. 69(4). 407–417. 13 indexed citations
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Besteman, Catherine & Hugh Gusterson. (2008). A Response to Matti Bunzl: Public Anthropology, Pragmatism, and Pundits. American Anthropologist. 110(1). 61–63. 5 indexed citations
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Besteman, Catherine. (2008). Shoveling sand or changing the nation?: transformation activism in Cape Town. Anthropology Southern Africa. 31(3-4). 85–94. 1 indexed citations
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Besteman, Catherine. (2008). Transforming Cape Town. 37 indexed citations
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Besteman, Catherine & Hugh Gusterson. (2005). Why America's top pundits are wrong : anthropologists talk back. University of California Press eBooks. 46 indexed citations
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Besteman, Catherine. (2001). Sacrifice as terror; the Rwandan genocide of 1994. American Ethnologist. 28(2). 467–469. 1 indexed citations
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Besteman, Catherine. (2000). Political Economy and Robert Kaplan in Africa: A Comment on "The Coming Anarchy". PoLAR Political and Legal Anthropology Review. 23(1). 25–32. 1 indexed citations
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Besteman, Catherine. (1999). Unraveling Somalia. University of Pennsylvania Press eBooks. 59 indexed citations
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Besteman, Catherine, et al.. (1999). Unraveling Somalia: Race, Violence, and the Legacy of Slavery. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 32(2/3). 466–466. 53 indexed citations
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Besteman, Catherine. (1999). A Response to Helander's Critique of “Violent Politics and the Politics of Violence”. American Ethnologist. 26(4). 981–983. 5 indexed citations
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Besteman, Catherine. (1989). Economic Strategies of Farming Households in Penabranca, Portugal. Economic Development and Cultural Change. 38(1). 129–143. 6 indexed citations

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