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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817342903321

Autore

Aronoff Myron Joel

Titolo

Anthropology & political science : a convergent approach / / Myron J. Aronoff & Jan Kubik

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, 2013

ISBN

1-283-90247-8

0-85745-726-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (367 p.)

Collana

Anthropology & . ; ; 3

Anthropology &

Altri autori (Persone)

KubíkJan

Disciplina

301

320.01

Soggetti

Anthropology - Methodology

Political science - Methodology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Tables; Figures; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - Methods: Ethnography and Case Study; Chapter 3 - Beyond Political Culture; Chapter 4 - Symbolic Dimensions of Politics: Political Ritual and Ceremonial; Chapter 5 - The Politics of Collective Identity: Contested Israeli Nationalisms; Chapter 6 - Democratization in Deeply Divided Societies: The Netherlands, India, and Israel; Chapter 7 - Camp David Rashomon: Contested Intepretations of the Israel/Palestine Peace Process

Chapter 8 - What Can Political Scientists Learn about Civil Society from Anthropologists?Chapter 9 - Homo sovieticus and Vernacular Knowledge; Chapter 10 - Conclusions; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

What can anthropology and political science learn from each other? The authors argue that collaboration, particularly in the area of concepts and methodologies, is tremendously beneficial for both disciplines, though they also deal with some troubling aspects of the relationship. Focusing on the influence of anthropology on political science, the book examines the basic assumptions the practitioners of each discipline make about the nature of social and political reality,



compares some of the key concepts each field employs, and provides an extensive review of the basic methods of research tha