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008 050513s2005 nyu b 101 0 eng
010 $a 2005048057
020 $a1403904626 (cloth)
024 3 $a9781403904621
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm60419477
035 $a(NNC)5518275
035 $a5518275
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050 00 $aJN1117$b.F38 2005
082 00 $a306.2/6/0941$222
100 1 $aFaucher-King, Florence.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99835238
245 10 $aChanging parties :$ban anthropology of British political party conferences /$cFlorence Faucher-King.
260 $aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2005.
300 $aix, 315 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 290-303) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tAn anthropological approach to "conventional politics" -- $g2.$tWhy do people attend conferences? -- $g3.$tImagined communities -- $g4.$tConstructing leadership and authority -- $g5.$tSetting the agenda -- $g6.$tMaking the news -- $g7.$tThe public performance -- $g8.$tThe discourse of deliberative democracy -- $g9.$tDirect democracy : the vote as fetish -- $g10.$tFringe benefits : dissent vs commercialisation -- $tConclusion - politics in the age of the individual -- $gApp. 1.$tQuoted interviews -- $gApp. 2.$tConferences 1994-2002 -- $gApp. 3.$tComparative overview of change in the four parties.
520 1 $a"Based on seven years of participant observation and interviews, this book examines how four political parties in contemporary Britain (Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Green) have changed at the turn of the Millennium. This groundbreaking work brings together insights from anthropology and political sociology and opens up new vistas in the study of modern political institutions."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aPolitical parties$zGreat Britain$vCongresses.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$vCongresses.
852 00 $bleh$hJN1117$i.F38 2005