Councils in Action (Cambridge Papers in Social Anthropology, Series Number 6) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521113415 ISBN 13: 9780521113410

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

A collection of seven papers by social anthropologists on the processes of decision-making in councils. Types of council described are one community-in-council, two arena councils, an elite council, two modern local government councils and a non-council, a temporary negotiating group which nevertheless displays certain features of the council proper. Most of the examples come from Africa (including Madagascar), but there is also an account of politics and decision-making in an English town council. The editors discuss the papers in a comparative framework, considering also other accounts of conciliar structure and decision-making. They review the ways in which decisions are reached and implemented in societies with very different structures and activities and discuss the impact of written records, colonial overrule and political independence. They attempt to outline some general principles of conciliar structure and process.

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Book Description:

A collection of seven papers by social anthropologists on the processes of decision-making in councils. The editors discuss the papers in a comparative framework, considering also other accounts of conciliar structure and decision-making. They review the ways in which decisions are reached and implemented in societies with very different structures and activities and discuss the impact of written records, colonial overrule and political independence.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521113415
• ISBN 13: 9780521113410
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Richards Audrey, Kuper Adam