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Quiet Days in Burgundy
Contributor(s): Abeles, Marc (Author), Ab L. S., Marc (Author), Aboelsses, Marc (Author)

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 ISBN: 0521383021     ISBN-13: 9780521383028
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $127.30  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 1991
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe - France
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
- Philosophy | Logic
Dewey: 944.41
LCCN: 90046666
Series: Cambridge Mathematical Textbooks
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.30 lbs) 314 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - French
 
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Publisher Description:
This ethnographic study of political life in the department of 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, 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 a new approach to modern political phenomena from the point of view of anthropology.
 
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