Understanding disputes : the politics of argument / edited by Pat Caplan
1995, 1st edition. Oxford ; Providence, R.I. : Berg. Fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #323103
ISBN: 085496925X
Physical description: xx, 248 pages: illustrations; 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Summary: 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. 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 -- 11. Courts of Death among the Alur of Uganda / Aidan Southall. Subjects: Gulliver, P. H. Conflict management. Political anthropology. Social control. Communication Aspect social. Interpersonal communication. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated.
Price: €14.95