Understanding disputes : the politics of argument
by
 
Caplan, Patricia.

Title
Understanding disputes : the politics of argument

Author
Caplan, Patricia.

ISBN
9780854969241
 
9780854969258

Publication Information
Oxford ; Providence, R.I. : Berg, 1995.

Physical Description
xx, 248 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Series
Explorations in anthropology
 
Explorations in anthropology.

Contents
Preface: A Dedication to P.H. Gulliver / Pat Caplan and Marilyn Silverman -- 1. Introduction: Anthropology and the Study of Disputes / Pat Caplan -- 2. Imperfect Communications / Sally Falk Moore -- 3. Civilization and its Negotiations / Laura Nader -- 4. The Contentiousness of Disputes / Elizabeth Colson -- 5. Gentlemanly Values: Contesting Corruption Accusations in the Cities of London and Lagos in the mid-1950s / Christina Johnson -- 6. The 'Inhabitants' vs. the 'Sovereign': A Historical Ethnography of the Making of the 'Middle Class' in an Irish Corporate Borough, 1840-1 / Marilyn Silverman -- 7. The Milieu of Disputation: Managing Quarrels in East Nepal / Lionel Caplan -- 8. Disputing Human Passion: The Negotiation of the Meaning of Love among the Giriama of Kenya / David Parkin -- 9. 'Youth-Development': Conflict and Negotiations in an Urban Irish Youth Club / Stephen Gaetz -- 10. 'Law' and 'Custom': Marital Disputes on Northern Mafia Island, Tanzania / Pat Caplan.

Abstract
Are disputes ever really resolved, or do people need to find ways of accommodating them and living with the consequences? Can dispute settlement procedures at the local level be transferred to wider environments? In attempting to answer these questions, some of the foremost specialists in the anthropology of law and disputing behaviour examine how people in a variety of social settings, ranging from Ireland to East Africa, deal with quarrels and seek to resolve or accommodate them. This stimulating volume should be of interest to anyone concerned about the huge increase in conflict in many parts of the world.

Personal Subject
Gulliver, P. H.
 
Gulliver, P. H. (OCoLC)fst00035750

Subject Term
Conflict management.
 
Political anthropology.
 
Social control.
 
Anthropologie politique.
 
Contrôle social.
 
Gestion des conflits.
 
Conflict management. (OCoLC)fst00874778
 
Political anthropology. (OCoLC)fst01069203
 
Social control. (OCoLC)fst01122415
 
Sociale conflicten.
 
Conflictmanagement.
 
Konfliktregelung. (DE-588)4164958-8
 
Politische Anthropologie. (DE-588)4293325-0
 
Querelles.
 
Autodéfense verbale.
 
Communication -- Aspect social.
 
Communication interpersonnelle.
 
Argumentation.
 
Konfliktregelung.
 
Aufsatzsammlung.
 
Politische Anthropologie.

Genre
Aufsatzsammlung.

Added Author
Caplan, Patricia.

Electronic Access
Inhaltsverzeichnis
 
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0601/94034791-t.html
 
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0601/94034791-d.html


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