Anthropology and public service : the UK experience /
Anthropology and public service : the UK experience /
edited by Jeremy MacClancy.
- New York : Berghahn Books, (c)2017.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction / On her majesty's service (and beyond) : anthropology's contribution to an unconventional career / You can't go home again : anthropology displacement and the work of government / Anthropology in the closet : contributions to community development and local government in the UK / Parading through the peace process : anthropology, governance and crisis in Northern Ireland / From participant observer to observed participant : a prison governor's experience / Identity and appropriation in applied health research / Jeremy MacClancy -- Mils Hills -- Benjamin R. Smith -- Robert Gregory -- Dominic Bryan and Neil Jarman -- Peter Bennett -- Rachael Gooberman-Hill.
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.
9781785334030
2016056858
GBB728362 bnb
018236189 Uk
Applied anthropology--Great Britain.
Anthropologists--Employment--Great Britain.
Political science--Anthropological aspects--Great Britain.
Civil service--Great Britain.
Electronic Books.
GN397 / .A584 2017
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction / On her majesty's service (and beyond) : anthropology's contribution to an unconventional career / You can't go home again : anthropology displacement and the work of government / Anthropology in the closet : contributions to community development and local government in the UK / Parading through the peace process : anthropology, governance and crisis in Northern Ireland / From participant observer to observed participant : a prison governor's experience / Identity and appropriation in applied health research / Jeremy MacClancy -- Mils Hills -- Benjamin R. Smith -- Robert Gregory -- Dominic Bryan and Neil Jarman -- Peter Bennett -- Rachael Gooberman-Hill.
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.
9781785334030
2016056858
GBB728362 bnb
018236189 Uk
Applied anthropology--Great Britain.
Anthropologists--Employment--Great Britain.
Political science--Anthropological aspects--Great Britain.
Civil service--Great Britain.
Electronic Books.
GN397 / .A584 2017