An Anthropology of Parliaments: Entanglements in Democratic Politics

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institution SOAS, University of London
collection SOAS Research Online
language English
language_search English
topic JF Political institutions (General)
description The Anthropology of Parliaments offers a fresh, comparative approach to analysing parliaments and democratic politics, drawing together rare ethnographic work by anthropologists and politics scholars from around the world. Crewe’s insights deepen our understanding of the complexity of political institutions. She reveals how elected politicians navigate relationships by forging alliances and thwarting opponents; how parliamentary buildings are constructed as sites of work, debate and the nation in miniature; and how politicians and officials engage with hierarchies, continuity and change. This book also proposes how to study parliaments through an anthropological lens while in conversation with other disciplines. The dive into ethnographies from across Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific Region demolishes hackneyed geo-political categories and culminates in a new comparative theory about the contradictions in everyday political work. This important book will be of interest to anyone studying parliaments but especially those in the disciplines of anthropology and sociology; politics, legal and development studies; and international relations.
format Authored Books
author Crewe, Emma
author_facet Crewe, Emma
authorStr Crewe, Emma
author_letter Crewe, Emma
title An Anthropology of Parliaments: Entanglements in Democratic Politics
publisher Routledge
publishDate 2021
url https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/35226/

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