Rituals in Parliaments:political, anthropological and historical perspectives on Europe and the United States

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Group Author: Crewe Emma 1962-; Müller Marion G
Published: Peter Lang,
Publisher Address: Frankfurt am Main New York
Publication Dates: c2006.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Carrier Form: 209 p.: ill. ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 0820465534
9780820465531
9783631519936 (pbk.)
3631519931 (pbk.)
Index Number: D771
CLC: D771.223-532
D521-532
D750.23-532
Call Number: D521-532/R615/[2006]
Contents: Mostly papers from a conference held in Warburg-Haus, Hamburg.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction / Emma Crewe and Marion G. Müller -- Parliament, politics and ritual / Marc Abélès -- Symbolism and drama within the ritualisation of the Hungarian parliament / László Kürti -- The political meanings of military rituals in the French National Assembly / Bernard Moreau -- Rituals and the usual channels in the British House of Lords / Emma Crewe -- Rituals and ceremony in the United States Senate / Richard Baker -- The Scottish parliaments : the role of ritual and procession in the pre-1707 parliament and the new parliament of 1999 / Alastair J. Mann -- Parliaments and their