Anthropology and Public Service
The UK Experience
1st Edition
Published on 24. January 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
202 pages
978-1-78920-087-4 (ISBN)
Description
These days an increasing number of social anthropologists do not find employment within academia. Rather, many find jobs with commercial organizations or in government, where they run research teams and create policy. These scholars provide a much-needed social dimension to government thinking and practice. Anthropology and Public Service shows how anthropologists can set new agendas, and revise old ones in the public sector. Written for scholars and students of various social sciences, these chapters include discussions of anthropologists' work with the Department for International Development, the Ministry of Defence, the UK Border Agency, and the Cabinet Office, and their contributions to prison governance.
Reviews / Votes
"A good contribution to mainstream anthropological literature. Anthropology and Public Service will be a valuable and interesting resource for applied and practicing anthropology." ? Riall Nolan, Purdue University"Anthropology and Public Service is well-crafted and many of the chapters are fascinating to read. This text charts and advances perspectives of applied anthropology." ? Karen Boll, Copenhagen Business School
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Bibliography; Index
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
301 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78920-087-4 (9781789200874)
DOI
10.3167/9781785334023
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Person
Jeremy MacClancy is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Anthropological Centre for Conservation, the Environment, and Development, Oxford Brookes University. His latest books are Ethics in the Field: Contemporary Challenges (with A. Fuentes), and Alternative Countrysides: Anthropological Approaches to Rural West Europe Today.
Content
Chapter 1. Introduction?: Anthropology and Public Service
Jeremy MacClancy
Chapter 2. On Her Majesty's Service (and Beyond): Anthropology's Contribution to an Unconventional Career
Mils Hills
Chapter 3. You Can't Go Home Again: Anthropology Displacement and the Work of Government
Benjamin R. Smith
Chapter 4. Anthropology in the Closet: Contributions to Community Development and Local Government in the UK
Robert Gregory
Chapter 5. Parading through the Peace Process: Anthropology, Governance and Crisis in Northern Ireland
Dominic Bryan and Neil Jarman
Chapter 6. From Participant Observer to Observed Participant: a Prison Governor's Experience
Peter Bennett
Chapter 7. Identity and Appropriation in Applied Health Research
Rachael Gooberman-Hill
Bibliography
Index
Jeremy MacClancy
Chapter 2. On Her Majesty's Service (and Beyond): Anthropology's Contribution to an Unconventional Career
Mils Hills
Chapter 3. You Can't Go Home Again: Anthropology Displacement and the Work of Government
Benjamin R. Smith
Chapter 4. Anthropology in the Closet: Contributions to Community Development and Local Government in the UK
Robert Gregory
Chapter 5. Parading through the Peace Process: Anthropology, Governance and Crisis in Northern Ireland
Dominic Bryan and Neil Jarman
Chapter 6. From Participant Observer to Observed Participant: a Prison Governor's Experience
Peter Bennett
Chapter 7. Identity and Appropriation in Applied Health Research
Rachael Gooberman-Hill
Bibliography
Index