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Title: Quiet Days in Burgundy. A Study in Local Politics
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, (1991). oriog.boards, dustwrapper.. 24x16cm, xxvii,279 pp, Cambridge Studies in Social & Cultural Anthropology, nr. 79. Minor rubbing. Small ink mark to flyleaf. VG. ¶ This ethnographic study of political life in the department of the Yonne, in the Burgundy region, explores a still richly Balzacian provincial world.The author, a French anthropologist, has extensive field experience in Ethiopia. Deploying the insights and methods of social anthropology by drawing on local history, interviews and participant observation, Abeles describes politicians at every level, from municipal officers to Members of Parliament and Ministers. He provides a clear picture of the process of 'decentralization' initiated by the Socialist government in 1982, and undermines the simplistic notion of 'centralist France'. This book, which develops a fresh perspective on political life in France, past and present,illustrates more generally an exciting approach to modern political phenomena, from the point of view of anthropology" - Publisher's description.

Keywords: Political anthropology, France, Local politics, Yonne, Burgundy, elections, Political sociology, Social anthropology, local elections

Price: US$ 69.00 Seller: Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark
- Book number: BOOKS001392I