Studies in Law, Politics, and Society
«This volume consists of five essays by scholars working in anthropology, political science, and liberal studies in the US, who apply ethnography to contemporary societal, legal, and political phenomena. They provide case studies of affirmative action at the U. of Michigan; the H-2 visa and adversarial legalism; legal language in the context of the US government and tribal consultations, particularly with the Hopi Tribe and the US Forest Service; place-based governance identity among the civil servants responsible for the California Current large marine ecosystem; and freedom of speech on college campuses, from the perspectives of legal and public policy and using the example of a talk given by Milo Yiannopoulos at the U. of Washington.»
Copyright 2019, Portland, OR
This volume of Studies in Law, Politics and Society examines the contribution of ethnography to our understanding of contemporary legal and political phenomena, with a particular focus on how it enables us to make sense of modern life under conditions of post-colonialism and globalization. Les mer
Written by an impressive group of interdisciplinary scholars, this book will prove invaluable to students and researchers in the fields of law and politics.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781838670597
- Utgivelsesår
- 2019
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
Anmeldelser
«This volume consists of five essays by scholars working in anthropology, political science, and liberal studies in the US, who apply ethnography to contemporary societal, legal, and political phenomena. They provide case studies of affirmative action at the U. of Michigan; the H-2 visa and adversarial legalism; legal language in the context of the US government and tribal consultations, particularly with the Hopi Tribe and the US Forest Service; place-based governance identity among the civil servants responsible for the California Current large marine ecosystem; and freedom of speech on college campuses, from the perspectives of legal and public policy and using the example of a talk given by Milo Yiannopoulos at the U. of Washington.»
Copyright 2019, Portland, OR