1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791915403321

Autore

Jeffery Laura

Titolo

Chagos islanders in Mauritius and the UK [[electronic resource] ] : forced displacement and onward migration / / Laura Jeffery

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester Universiry Press, 2011

ISBN

1-84779-789-X

1-78170-245-4

1-84779-413-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Collana

New Ethnographies

New ethnographies

Disciplina

305.89141

Soggetti

Chagossians - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Chagossians - Mauritius - History - 20th century

Population transfers - Chagossians

British Indian Ocean Territory Emigration and immigration

Great Britain Emigration and immigration

Mauritius Emigration and immigration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Marginalisation and mobilisation -- pt. II. Narrating homeland, displacement, suffering, and loss -- pt. III. Onward migration.

Sommario/riassunto

The Chagos islanders were forcibly uprooted from the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean between 1965 and 1973. This is the first book to compare the experiences of displaced Chagos islanders in Mauritius with the experiences of those Chagossians who have moved to the UK since 2002. It thus provides a unique ethnographic comparative study of forced displacement and onward migration within the living memory of one community.Based on in-depth ethnographic fieldwork in Mauritius and Crawley (West Sussex), the six chapters explore Chagossians' challenging lives in Mauritius, the mobilisation of



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781635203321

Autore

Rhodes R. A. W

Titolo

Everyday life in British government [[electronic resource] /] / R.A.W. Rhodes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-19-161907-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 349 p.)

Disciplina

351.41

Soggetti

Legislators - Politics and Government - Great Britain

Cabinet officers - Great Britain

Legislators - Great Britain

Government - Non-U.S

Law, Politics & Government

Government - Europe

Electronic books.

Great Britain Officials and employees

Great Britain Politics and government 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

List of Table and Figures; Glossary; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1. Observing Government Elites; PART I: THE SETTING; 2. The Governmental Setting; 3. The Departmental Setting; PART II: THE ACTORS; 4. The Minister; 5. The Permanent Secretary; PART III: SCENES; 6. The Departmental Court; 7. Protocols, Rituals and Languages; 8. Networks and Governance; 9. The Resignation; 10. Willed Ordinariness, Being There, and Myths; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In his fascinating, new piece of political anthropology, Rod Rhodes uncovers exactly how the British political elite thinks and acts.