TY  - BOOK
AU  - MacClancy,Jeremy
TI  - Anthropology and public service: the UK experience 
SN  - 9781785334030
AV  - GN397 .A584 2017
PY  - 2017///
CY  - New York
PB  - Berghahn Books
KW  - Applied anthropology
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Anthropologists
KW  - Employment
KW  - Political science
KW  - Anthropological aspects
KW  - Civil service
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Introduction; Jeremy MacClancy --; On her majesty's service (and beyond) : anthropology's contribution to an unconventional career; Mils Hills --; You can't go home again : anthropology displacement and the work of government; Benjamin R. Smith --; Anthropology in the closet : contributions to community development and local government in the UK; Robert Gregory --; Parading through the peace process : anthropology, governance and crisis in Northern Ireland; Dominic Bryan and Neil Jarman --; From participant observer to observed participant : a prison governor's experience; Peter Bennett --; Identity and appropriation in applied health research; Rachael Gooberman-Hill; 2; b
N2  - 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
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