Ethnographic research in gendered organizations: the case of the Westminster parliament

Main author: Crewe, Emma
Format: Journal Article           
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description An account of undertaking ethnographic research in the House of Lords and the House of Commons and contrasting the findings. Ethnographic methods could be valuable for feminist scholars of political institutions in encouraging them to pay more attention to their own assumptions and their informants’ cultural specificity and context, to diversity between informants and within social groups, and to social change. Universal models should be treated with caution, as rules are embedded within the specific cultural meaning making and social relations in that particular place, time, and organization. Gendered differences may be universal, but the forms they take are endlessly varied.
format Journal Article
author Crewe, Emma
author_facet Crewe, Emma
authorStr Crewe, Emma
author_letter Crewe, Emma
title Ethnographic research in gendered organizations: the case of the Westminster parliament
publisher Cambridge University Press
publishDate 2014
url https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/21683/