Toward an Anthropology of Government [electronic resource] : Democratic Transformations and Nation Building in Wales /
Schumann, W.author.
The National Assembly for Wales was established in 1999, granting the people of Wales a parliament for the first time in nearly six centuries. The Assembly was intended to create a parliamentary culture of open, inclusive, and modern democracy that stood apart from the Houses of Parliament in London. Based on anthropological fieldwork, this informative book analyzes how power in Wales is legitimated and justified. William Schumann s intriguing argument makes the case that contradictory political practices exist which affirm elected officials as public representatives while also reproducing the subordinate status of Wales within the institutional hierarchies of the United Kingdom and European Union.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Nationhood by negation -- Inside the iron cage -- Speaking for the nation -- The transparency of democracy -- Ballots and bombs -- Cross-pollinated sovereignties -- A parliament for Wales.
The National Assembly for Wales was established in 1999, granting the people of Wales a parliament for the first time in nearly six centuries. The Assembly was intended to create a parliamentary culture of open, inclusive, and modern democracy that stood apart from the Houses of Parliament in London. Based on anthropological fieldwork, this informative book analyzes how power in Wales is legitimated and justified. William Schumann s intriguing argument makes the case that contradictory political practices exist which affirm elected officials as public representatives while also reproducing the subordinate status of Wales within the institutional hierarchies of the United Kingdom and European Union.
Wales. National Assembly
Great Britain—Politics and government.
Political sociology.
Anthropology.
Political science.
British Politics.
Political Sociology.
Anthropology.
Political Science.