Toward an Anthropology of Government

William R. Schumann is assistant professor of Anthropology at University of Pittsburgh - Bradford.

• Sometimes a Chair is More than a Place to Sit Nationhood by Negation Parliamentary Preparations Speaking for the Nation The Transparency of Democracy Ballots and Bombs Testing the Waters of Sovereignty Conclusion

"Schumann has written a timely and important anthropological assessment of power in government and the roles which politicians, civil servants and other political leaders play in social and cultural change in a devolving United Kingdom. This is work at the cutting edge of political anthropology today." - Thomas M. Wilson, Professor of Anthropology, Binghamton University, SUNY