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Authored Books

Campbell, John (2020) Entanglements of Life with the Law : Precarity and Justice in London's Magistrates Courts. High Wycombe: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Campbell, John (2016) Bureaucracy, Law and Dystopia in the United Kingdom's Asylum System. Abingdon; New York: Routledge. (Law and Migration)

Campbell, John (2015) Nationalism, Law and Statelessness: Grand Illusions in the Horn of Africa. London; New York: Routledge. (Explorations in Development Studies)

Campbell, John (2013) Nationalism, Law and Statelessness: Grand Illusions in the Horn of Africa. Oxford: Routledge. (Routledge Explorations in Development Studies)

Edited Book or Journal Volume

Holland, Jeremy and Campbell, John, eds. (2005) Methods in Development Research: Combining quantitative and qualitative methods. Rugby: Practical Action Publishing.

Campbell, John and Holland, Jeremy, eds. (2004) Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Development. London: Intermediate Technology Group.

Campbell, John and Rew, Alan, eds. (1999) Identity and Affect: Experiences of Identity in a Globalising World. London: Pluto Press.

Book Chapters

Campbell, John (2020) 'Guilt by Association: Contrasting views on the fairness of ‘secret trials’ of ‘terrorists’.' In: Simeon, James, (ed.), Terrorism and Asylum. The Netherlands: Brill, pp. 92-122. (International Refugee Law Series, Volume: 17)

Campbell, John (2019) 'Analysing public policy in the UK : Seeing through the secrecy, obfuscation and obstruction of the FOIA by the Home Office.' In: Walby, Kevin and Luscombe, Andrew, (eds.), Freedom of Information and Social Science Research Design. New York: Routledge, pp. 173-190. (Routledge Advances in Research Methods Series)

Campbell, John (2019) 'Conflicting Perspectives on the ‘Migrant Crisis’ in the Horn of Africa.' In: Menjivar, C, Ruis, M and Ness, Immanuel, (eds.), The Oxford handbook of migration crises. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Oxford handbooks)

Campbell, John (2019) 'The World of Home Office Presenting Officers.' In: Gill, Nick and Good, Anthony, (eds.), Asylum Determination in Europe: Ethnographic Perspectives. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 91-108. (Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies)

Campbell, John (2015) 'Expert Evidence in British Asylum Courts: The Judicial Assessment of Evidence on Ethnic Discrimination and Statelessness in Ethiopia.' In: Berger, Iris, Redeker Hepner, Tricia, Lawrance, Benjamin N., Tague, Joanna T. and Terretta, Meredith, (eds.), African Asylum at the Cross Roads. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, pp. 102-120.

Campbell, John (2006) 'Corruption and the one-party state in Tanzania: A view from Dar es Salaam, 1964-2000.' In: West, Harry G. and Raman, Parvathi, (eds.), Enduring Socialism : Explorations of Revolution and Transformation, Restoration and Continuation. New York, NY: Berghahn Books.

Spencer, Paul (2005) 'Gauging Inequality among Pastoralists: a problem of comparison.' In: Campbell, John and Holl, J., (eds.), Researching Poverty. New York: Berghahn Journals, pp. 46-55. (Focaal, no. 45)

Jennings, Michael (2005) 'Getting the Research Questions Right and Getting the Right Data.' In: Holland, Jeremy and Campbell, John, (eds.), Methods in Development Research: Combining qualitative and quantitative approaches. Rugby: ITDG Publications, pp. 27-36.

Campbell, John (2003) 'Defining the Limits of a Discourse. 'Social Capital' in Africa.' In: Moseley, P. and Dowler, E., (eds.), Poverty and Exclusion in North and South. Essays on Social Policy and Global Poverty Reduction. London: Routledge, pp. 149-164.

Campbell, John (2002) 'Dar es Salaam.' In: Ember, Melvin and Ember, Carol R, (eds.), Encyclopedia of Urban Cultures. Danbury, CT: Human Relations Area Files and Grollier Publishing Co., pp. 115-121.

Campbell, John (2002) 'Interdisciplinary research and GIS: Why local and indigenous knowledge are discounted.' In: Bicker, Alan, Pottier, Johan and Sillitoe, Paul, (eds.), Participating in Development: Approaches to Indigenous Knowledge. London: Routledge, pp. 189-205.

Campbell, John (2001) 'Drawing a line between autonomy and Governance: The state, civil society and NGOs in Ethiopia.' In: Barrow, Ondine and Jennings, Michael, (eds.), The Charitable Impulse. NGOs and Development in East and North East Africa. Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian, pp. 149-66.

Mosse, David (1999) 'Responding to subordination: identity and change among south Indian Untouchable castes.' In: Campbell, John and Rew, Alan, (eds.), Identity and affect: experiences of identity in a globalising world. London: Pluto Press.

Journal Article

Campbell, John (2022) 'The Judicial Assessment of Expert Evidence in the United Kingdom's Immigration and Asylum Chamber.' Laws, 11 (32). pp. 1-16.

Campbell, John (2022) 'Experts and the Judiciary: Reflections of an Anthropological Expert in the Field of Asylum and Migration Law.' NAVEIÑ REET: Nordic Journal of Law and Social Research, 11. pp. 15-42.

Campbell, John (2021) 'The limitations of international law at the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission and its implications for future conflict.' Journal of Eastern African Studies, 15 (4). pp. 604-623.

Campbell, John (2020) 'Interrogating the Role and Value of Cultural Expertise in Law.' Laws, 9 (29). pp. 1-23.

Campbell, John (2020) 'The quality of (in)justice in London's magistrates' courts.' Anthropology Today, 36 (5). pp. 3-5.

Campbell, John (2020) 'The Role of Lawyers, Judges and Country Experts in British Asylum and Immigration Law.' International Journal of Law in Context, 16 (1). pp. 1-16.

Campbell, John (2020) 'Examining Procedural Unfairness and Credibility Findings in the UK Asylum System.' Refugee Survey Quarterly, 39 (1). pp. 56-75.

Campbell, John (2018) 'Can Law Achieve Happiness? Critical Reflections on Criminal Justice.' Journal of Comparative Law, 13 (2). pp. 21-32.

Campbell, John and Afework, Solomon (2015) 'Ethiopian and Eritrean immigrants in Britain. Refugee Organising, Transnational Connections and Identity, 1950-2009.' African Diaspora, 8 (1). pp. 98-119.

Campbell, John (2015) 'Asylum vs sovereignty in the 21st century: How nation-state's breach international law to block access to asylum.' International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, 2 (1). pp. 24-39.

Campbell, John, Yaron, Hadas and Hashimshony-Yaffe, Nurit (2013) '"Infiltrators" or refugees? An analysis of Israel's policy towards African asylum seekers.' International Migration, 51 (4). pp. 144-157.

Campbell, John (2013) 'Language analysis in the United Kingdom's refugee status determination system: seeing through policy claims about ‘expert knowledge’.' Ethnic and Racial Studies, 36 (4). pp. 670-690.

Campbell, John (2011) 'The Enduring Nature of Stateless in The Horn of Africa: How Nation-States and Western Courts (re) define Nationality.' International Journal of Refugee Law, 23 (4). pp. 656-679.

Campbell, John (2010) 'The 'problem' of ethics in contemporary anthropological research.' Anthropology Matters, 12 (1). pp. 1-17.

Campbell, John (2009) 'Caught between the ideology and realities of development: Transiting from the Horn of Africa to Europe.' The LSE Migration Study Group Working Paper 2009/01 (1). pp. 1-29.

Campbell, John (2008) 'International Development and Bilateral Aid to Kenya in the 1990s.' Journal of Anthropological Research, 64 (2). pp. 249-267.

Campbell, John (2006) 'Who are the Luo? Oral tradition and disciplinary practices in history and anthropology.' Journal of African Cultural Studies, 18 (1). pp. 73-87.

Campbell, John (2005) 'Theory and Method in the Study of Poverty in East Africa.' Focaal, 45. pp. 56-68.

Campbell, John and Holland, Jeremy (2005) 'Development research: Convergent or divergent approaches and understandings of poverty? An introduction.' Focaal: European Journal of Social Anthropology, 45. pp. 3-17.

Campbell, John (2004) 'Ethnic Minorities and Development: A Prospective Look at the Situation of African Pastoralists and Hunter-Gatherers.' Ethnicities, 4 (1). pp. 5-26.

Campbell, John (2002) 'A Critical Appraisal of Participatory Methods in Development Research.' International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 5 (1). pp. 19-29.

Campbell, John (2001) 'Participatory Rural Appraisal as Qualititative Research: Distinguishing Methodological Issues from Participatory Claims.' Human Organization, 60 (4). pp. 380-389.

Campbell, John (1999) 'Nationalism, ethnicity and religion: Fundamental conflicts and the politics of identity in Tanzania.' Nations and Nationalism, 5 (1). pp. 105-25.

Campbell, John (1994) 'Constraints on sustainable development in Ethiopia: Is there a future for improved wood-stoves?' Public Administration and Development, 14 (1). pp. 19-36.

Campbell, John (1994) 'Urbanisation, Culture and the politics of urban development in Ghana, 1875-1980.' Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development, 23 (4). pp. 409-450.

Campbell, John (1991) 'Land or Peasants? The Dilemma Confronting Ethiopian Resource Conservation.' African Affairs, 90 (358). pp. 5-21.

Campbell, John (1988) 'Tanzania and the World Bank's Urban Shelter Project: Ideology and International Finance.' Review of African Political Economy, 15 (42). pp. 5-18.

Campbell, John (1984) 'Class and State in the Political Economy of Ghana, 1957-1979.' Mawazo, 5 (4). pp. 82-97.

Book Reviews

Campbell, John (2023) 'Review of: 'Participant observers. Anthropology, colonial development, and the reinvention of society in Britain' by Freddy Foks, Oakland, University of California Press, 2023.' Ethnic and Racial Studies . pp. 1-3. (Forthcoming)