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There are few areas of society today that remain outside the ambit of policy processes, and likewise policy-making has progressively reached into the structure of everyday life. An instrument of modern government, policy and its processes provide an analytical window into the sys...tems of governance themselves...
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The Crown and Constitutional Reform is an innovative, interdisciplinary exchange between experts in law, anthropology and politics about the Crown, constitutional monarchy and the potential for constitutional reform in Commonwealth common law countries. The constitutional foundat...ion of many Commonwealth countries is the Crown, an icon of ultimate authority, at once familiar yet curiously enigmatic. Is it a conceptual placeholder for the state, a symbol of sovereignty or does its ambiguity make it a shapeshifter, a legal fiction that can be deployed as an expedient mask for executive power and convenient instrument for undermining democratic accountability? This volume offers a novel, interdisciplinary exchange: the contributors analyse how the Crown operates in the United Kingdom and the postcolonial settler societies of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. In doing so, they examine fundamental theoretical questions about statehood, sovereignty, constitutionalism and postcolonial reconciliation. As Queen Elizabeth II's long reign approaches its end, questions about the Crown's future, its changing forms and meanings, the continuing value of constitutional monarchy and its potential for reform, gain fresh urgency. The chapters in this book were originally published in a special issue of The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs.
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An anthropological study of Europe post-1989. The contributors examine the social, cultural and political implications of European integration, with particular emphasis on changing European identities, concepts of citizenship and levels of participation.
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This sociological study examines the process of European integration. It reveals that there is a subculture of corruption within the institutions of Europe, and that its problems are largely a result of the way the EU itself is constituted and run.
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What makes an elite? This authoritative new volume examines elite groups in power across Europe, North America, Mexico, Peru, Indonesia and Africa to answer this question fully at a time of their increasing dominance.
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Drawing on a diverse, comparative ethnographic literature, this volume examines the intimate spaces and cultural practices of those elites who occupy positions of power and authority across a variety of different settings.
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Combining rich personal accounts from 12 veteran anthropologists with reflexive analyses of the state of anthropology today, this book is a treatise on theory and method offering fresh insights into the production of anthropological knowledge, from the creation of key concepts to... major paradigm shifts.
Cris Shore is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Auckland. Susanna Trnka is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Auckland.
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Defines the field of Social Anthropology and outlines various directions in research.
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This collection explores the new landscapes of higher education emerging across Europe and Australasia.
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"The essays in the book, written by first year anthropology students at the University of Auckland, offer unique insights into key aspects of everyday life in New Zealand's largest city, Auckland. Through a series of often highly personal ethnographic vignettes, the authors explo...re a range of topics, from food, sex, clothing, work and leisure, to religion, consumption, gender relations, student etiquette, and the social organisation of space. Together, they provide an extraordinary demonstration of the value of ethnography and its ability to generate new insights into the symbolism and meanings people attach to their everyday social practices."--Back cover.
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