Changing parties : an anthropology of British political party conferences
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Changing parties : an anthropology of British political party conferences
Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
- : hbk
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National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies Library (GRIPS Library)
: hbk315.33||F1600937471
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-303) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Party conferences are central to the life of political parties. They contribute to setting policy agendas, developing policy options, legitimizing policy choices, building party cohesion, motivating activists and publicizing party activities to the wider public. An analysis of their evolution in Britain helps us understand the ways in which political parties change. This book combines anthropological methods with political science to analyze changing power relationships, party organizations and political culture in British political parties: Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrats, The Greens.
Table of Contents
An Anthropological Approach to 'Conventional Politics' Why do People Attend Conferences? Imagined Communities Constructing Leadership and Authority Setting the Agenda Making the News The Public Performance The Discourse of 'Deliberative Democracy' Direct Democracy: The Vote as Fetish Fringe Benefits: Dissent vs Commercialisation Conclusion: Politics in the Age of the Individual Appendix Bibliography
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