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Resource type
Book
Authors/contributors
Title
Governing Cultures: Anthropological Perspectives on Political Labor, Power, and Government
Abstract
Governments are formal political institutions, places of work for thousands of women and men, and powerful social, cultural, and economic sites that shape the lives of all people. This collection demonstrates how anthropologists enrich our understandings of government by exploring the labor of those who govern, and how the dynamics of culture are at the heart of government actions that justify, modify, and reproduce political action. 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. It will be of interest to scholars and students in anthropology, as well as sociology, political science, policy studies, and labor studies. --Publisher's description
Edition
1st edition
Place
New York
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Date
2012
# of Pages
viii, 238 pages
Language
English
ISBN
978-1-137-00921-0
URL
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137009227
Extra
OCLC: 781432429
Notes

Contents: Government matters: Intellectual labor and the work of governing / Kendra Coulter and William R. Schumann -- Navigating the illegible state: The political labor of government in Mexico / Tara A. Schwegler -- A project of governing and its contradictions: Maternal-infant care in highland Ecuador / A. 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 Mà„ori 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.

Citation
Coulter, K., & Schumann, W. R. (Eds.). (2012). Governing Cultures: Anthropological Perspectives on Political Labor, Power, and Government (1st edition). Palgrave Macmillan. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137009227
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