| Description |
vii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Introduction: Politics under the Ethnographic Microscope 1 -- Javier Auyero and Lauren Joseph -- 1. From Confusion to Common Sense: Using Political Ethnography -- to Understand Social Mobilization in the Brazilian Northeast 14 -- Wendy Wolford -- 2. Losing Face in Philippine Labor Confrontations: How Shame -- May Inhibit Worker Activism 37 -- Rosanne Rutten -- 3. Radical Outcasts Versus Three Kinds of Police: Constructing -- Limits in Japanese Anti-Emperor Protests 60 -- Patricia G. Steinhoff -- 4. Honor and Morality in Contemporary Rural India 88 -- Pamela Price -- 5. Routing Conflict: Organized Violence and Clientelism -- in Rio de Janeiro 110 -- Enrique Desmond Arias -- 6. Vicious Virtuous Circles: Barriers to Institution-Building -- after War 135 -- Tammy Smith -- 7. Are National Politics Local? Social Movement Responses -- to the 2004 US Presidential Election 156 -- Kathleen M. Blee and Ashley Currier -- 8. Professional Performances on a Well-Constructed Stage: -- The Case of an Institutionalized Advocacy Organization 180 -- Mirella Landriscina -- 9. Field Research During War: Ethical Dilemmas 205 -- Elisabeth Jean Wood -- 10. Politics as a Vocation: Notes Toward a Sensualist -- Understanding of Political Engagement 224 -- Matthew Mahler -- 11. Afterword: Political Ethnography as Art and Science 247 -- Charles Tilly -- About the Contributors 251 |
| Summary |
The use of ethnographic research - social research based on the observation of individuals or institutions where the researcher becomes part of the group or very close to the group to better understand their actions - is becoming more and more of a prevalent methodology within sociology. As ethnography gains prominence within the discipline its focus, theoretical underpinnings and narrative styles are also expanding to the yet-unexamined worlds and institutions of society. Politics, political institutions, and those working in politics (state officials, politicians and activists) have so far m |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Ethnology -- Political aspects.
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Political anthropology.
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| Author |
Auyero, Javier.
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Joseph, Lauren.
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Mahler, Matthew.
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| LC no. |
2007931383 |
| ISBN |
0387725938 |
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9780387725932 |
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