ISBN:
9781137009227
Language:
English
Pages:
VIII, 238 S.
Edition:
1. ed.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Governing Cultures : Anthropological Perspectives on Political Labor, Power, and Government
DDC:
306.2
Keywords:
Regierung
;
Politische Anthropologie
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
By assembling original, ethnographically-grounded research in legislatures, executives, and bureaucracies, this volume illuminates and unpacks the structures, practices, and values of government actors in local, regional, and national contexts
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Government Matters: Intellectual Labor and the Work of Governing; 2 Navigating the Illegible State: The Political Labor of Government in Mexico; 3 A Project of Governing and its Contradictions: Maternal-Infant Care in Highland Ecuador; 4 Governing Beef: Program Implementation, Unintended Consequences, and BSE Control in Alberta; 5 Selling Clear Red Water: The Identity Politics of Governing in the National Assembly for Wales
Description / Table of Contents:
6 Legislative Authenticity and the Politics of Recognition: Being a Ma¯ori Member of the New Zealand Parliament7 Gendering Government: Political Labor and the Production of Policy and Political Culture; 8 The Work of Being Governed: From the Welfare State to the "Big Society" in Britain; 9 The Will To End Hunger in the Age of Security: Food Security, National Security, and Community- Based Food Security in the United States; 10 The Work of Governing; List of Contributors; Index;
Description / Table of Contents:
Government Matters: Intellectual Labor and the Work of Governing - Kendra Coulter and William R. Schumann Navigating the Illegible State: Governmentality and Political Process - Tara A. Schwegler A Project of Governing and its Contradictions: Maternal-Infant Care in Highland Ecuador - Kim Clark Governing Beef: Program Implementation, Unintended Consequences and BSE Control in Alberta - Alan Smart and Josephine Smart Selling Clear Red Water: The Identity Politics of Governing in the National Assembly for Wales - William R. Schumann Legislative Authenticity and the Politics of Recognition: Being a Maori Member of the New Zealand Parliament - Ilana Gershon Gendering Government: Political Labor and the Production of Policy and Political Culture - Kendra Coulter The Work of Being Governed: From the Welfare State to the "Big Society" in Britain - Susan Brin Hyatt The Will To End Hunger in the Age of Security: Food Security, National Security and Community-Based Food Security in the United States - David V. Fazzino II The Work of Governing - John Clarke.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1057/9781137009227
URL:
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