Anthropology and Public Service

Jeremy MacClancy is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Anthropological Centre for Conservation, the Environment, and Development, Oxford Brookes University. His latest books are Ethics in the Field: Contemporary Challenges (with A. Fuentes), and Alternative Countrysides: Anthropological Approaches to Rural West Europe Today.

“A good contribution to mainstream anthropological literature. Anthropology and Public Service will be a valuable and interesting resource for applied and practicing anthropology.” · Riall Nolan, Purdue University“Anthropology and Public Service is well-crafted and many of the chapters are fascinating to read. This text charts and advances perspectives of applied anthropology.” · Karen Boll, Copenhagen Business School

• Chapter 1. Introduction
: Anthropology and Public ServiceJeremy MacClancyChapter 2. On Her Majesty’s Service (and Beyond): Anthropology’s Contribution to an Unconventional CareerMils HillsChapter 3. You Can’t Go Home Again: Anthropology Displacement and the Work of GovernmentBenjamin R. SmithChapter 4. Anthropology in the Closet: Contributions to Community Development and Local Government in the UKRobert GregoryChapter 5. Parading through the Peace Process: Anthropology, Governance and Crisis in Northern IrelandDominic Bryan and Neil JarmanChapter 6. From Participant Observer to Observed Participant: a Prison Governor’s ExperiencePeter BennettChapter 7. Identity and Appropriation in Applied Health ResearchRachael Gooberman-HillBibliographyIndex