"Thiessen crafts a fine ethnography of a changing society after the fall of socialism and independent nationhood." - Anastasia Karakasidou, Wellesley College

Waiting is an inescapable part of life in modern societies. We all wait, albeit differently and for different reasons. What does it mean to wait for a long peri

If devils and men are against you, God is able to put their plans and works to nothing. But if the Lord God is against you, who can deliver you from His Mighty

This book is an ethnography of politics of waiting. While the global political economy is usually imagined through metaphors of acceleration and speed, this boo

The report reviews a range of policies that countries have used to tackle waiting times for different services, including elective surgery and primary care cons