Reluctant Anthropologists: Revealing but Rare Insights into Legislatures

Crewe, Emma

Reluctant Anthropologists: Revealing but Rare Insights into Legislatures

Crewe, Emma

Authors

PROF Emma Crewe ec15@soas.ac.uk
Professor of Social Anthropology

Citation

Crewe, E. (2021). Reluctant Anthropologists: Revealing but Rare Insights into Legislatures. Political and Legal Anthropology Review,

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Nov 14, 2021
Online Publication Date	Nov 18, 2021
Publication Date	Nov 18, 2021
Deposit Date	Feb 1, 2022
Publicly Available Date	Feb 1, 2022
Print ISSN	1081-6976
Electronic ISSN	1555-2934
Publisher	Wiley
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Keywords	Parliaments
Publisher URL	https://polarjournal.org/2021/11/18/reluctant-anthropologists-revealing-but-rare-insights-into-legislatures/
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