Toward an Anthropology of Government

Democratic Transformations and Nation Building in Wales
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-349-38049-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 298 g

The National Assembly for Wales was established in 1999, granting the people of Wales a parliament for the first time in nearly six centuries. The Assembly was intended to create a parliamentary culture of open, inclusive, and modern democracy that stood apart from the Houses of Parliament in London. Based on anthropological fieldwork, this informative book analyzes how power in Wales is legitimated and justified. William Schumann s intriguing argument makes the case that contradictory political practices exist which affirm elected officials as public representatives while also reproducing the subordinate status of Wales within the institutional hierarchies of the United Kingdom and European Union.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schumann, W.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Politische Soziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Sometimes a Chair is More than a Place to Sit Nationhood by Negation Parliamentary Preparations Speaking for the Nation The Transparency of Democracy Ballots and Bombs Testing the Waters of Sovereignty Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

William R. Schumann is assistant professor of Anthropology at University of Pittsburgh - Bradford.