Commons and Lords: A Short Anthropology of Parliament (Haus Curiosities) - Softcover

Crewe, Emma

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1910376078 ISBN 13: 9781910376072

Verlag: Haus Publishing, 2015

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Críticas:

'Original and very revealing' --The Guardian

'Engrossing and illuminating' --Journal of Legislative Studies

'[A] series of nifty little essays - the thinking person's commuting read' --The Independent (on the Haus Curiosities series)

Reseña del editor:

The Westminster Parliament is worth closer scrutiny not just for the sake of democracy, but on intellectual grounds because the surprises it contains challenge our understanding of politics. Based on anthropological fieldwork between 1998-2000 in the House of Lords and 2011-2013 in the House of Commons and constituencies, this Curiosity explains how relationships within the two Houses are utterly different from their surface appearances. The high social status of peers in the House of Lords gives the impression of hierarchy and, more specifically, patriarchy. In contrast, the Commons conjures assumptions of equality and fairness between members of the lower House. But observation of the everyday relationships within the two Houses reveals the opposite: while the Lords has an egalitarian and co-operative ethos, and women thrive in the upper House, the competitive and aggressive Commons is a far less comfortable place for women. Paradoxically MPs have to be both an individual, serving their constituents, and a symbol of a collective, their political party. The inevitable messiness of representative politics, and the disappointment it brings, are both the virtue and weakness of parliamentary democracy. Emma Crewe looks beneath the surface and uncovers its surprises and secrets.

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• Verlag: Haus Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1910376078
• ISBN 13: 9781910376072
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 120