Outputs (5)

International Development, Anthropology in (2018)
Book Chapter
Crewe, E., & Axelby, R. (2018). International Development, Anthropology in. In H. Callan (Ed.), The Wiley Blackwell International Encyclopedia of Anthropology. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118924396.wbiea2016

The direct involvement of anthropologists in international development ebbs and flows, while ethnographic researchers consistently offer a critique of aid, especially the damage it causes. Anthropologists' navigation of the ethics, pressures, and con... Read More about International Development, Anthropology in.

Flagships and tumbleweed: A history of the politics of gender justice work in Oxfam GB 1986–2015 (2018)
Journal Article
Crewe, E. (2018). Flagships and tumbleweed: A history of the politics of gender justice work in Oxfam GB 1986–2015. Progress in Development Studies, 8(2), 110-125. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464993417750286

This article contributes to scholarship on the political nature of feminists’ work in international development NGOs. The case study of Oxfam GB (OGB) is contemporary history, based on compiling a brief history of gender justice work between 1986 and... Read More about Flagships and tumbleweed: A history of the politics of gender justice work in Oxfam GB 1986–2015.

The Significance of Rituals in Parliament (2018)
Book Chapter
Crewe, E., & Evans, P. (2018). The Significance of Rituals in Parliament. In C. Leston-Bandeira, & L. Thompson (Eds.), Exploring Parliament (43-52). Oxford University Press

Rituals are traditionally associated with religion and royalty, but can be found operating widely across society in sport, the military, politics and even in the private sphere. Rituals and symbols, and the power relationships that they relate to, ar... Read More about The Significance of Rituals in Parliament.

Anthropologie des parlements (2018)
Book Chapter
Crewe, E. (2018). Anthropologie des parlements. In O. Rozenberg, & E. Thiers (Eds.), Traité d’études parlementaires (607-636). Bruylant

Ethnographies of Parliament: culture and uncertainty in shallow democracies (2018)
Journal Article
Crewe, E. (2018). Ethnographies of Parliament: culture and uncertainty in shallow democracies. Journal of Organizational Ethnography, 7(1), 16-30. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOE-11-2017-0057

This paper considers the challenges, advantages and limits of ethnographical approaches to the study of Parliament. Challenges in the study of political institutions emerge because they can be fast-changing, difficult to gain access to, have starkly... Read More about Ethnographies of Parliament: culture and uncertainty in shallow democracies.