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

"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

• 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

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

"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

• 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