Governing cultures : anthropological perspectives on political labor, power, and government / edited by Kendra Coulter and William R. Schumann.
| Other author | Coulter, Kendra, 1979- |
| Other author | Schumann, William R. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. |
| Description | viii, 238 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| 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 Māori 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2012010456 |
| ISBN | 9781137009210 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1137009217 (alk. paper) |