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id	eprints-23564
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institution	SOAS, University of London
collection	SOAS Research Online
language	English
language_search	English
description	Ethnographic approaches are beginning to percolate through political science, but are often taken up as a ‘method’, rather than an approach to methodology and theory. I describe my experience of doing ethnography in the Houses of Lords and Commons. Through the themes of whipping and gender, I explain how theory and method were interwoven and how reflexivity improves rigour. Dealing with the methodological challenge of disjunctions and contradictions is explored through the case studies of constituency work, law-making and ceremonies. Finally, I remark on how ethnographic approaches to ethics entail attention to process and relationships rather than compliance with rules.
format	Journal Article
author	Crewe, Emma
author_facet	Crewe, Emma
authorStr	Crewe, Emma
author_letter	Crewe, Emma
title	Ethnography of Parliament: Finding Culture and Politics Entangled in the Commons and the Lords
publisher	Oxford University Press
publishDate	2017
url	https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/23564/