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Governing Cultures
Anthropological Perspectives on Political Labor, Power, and Government
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Governing Cultures
Anthropological Perspectives on Political Labor, Power, and Government
About this book
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.
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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
- 6 Legislative Authenticity and the Politics of Recognition: Being a Ma¯ori Member of the New Zealand Parliament
- 7 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
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