ABSTRACT

This book highlights the roles played by a selection of people who make up the lowest layer of elected party office holders and are closest to voters. It analyses three themes that emerge from ethnographic data: political process participation, the role of parties; and parapolitical factionalism.

chapter Chapter 1|19 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 2|33 pages

The Field and the Players

chapter |9 pages

The Forty-Seven: Part One

chapter Chapter 3|27 pages

Role Perceptions and Performance

chapter |8 pages

The Forty-Seven: Part Two

chapter Chapter 4|29 pages

Strategies of Influence

chapter |8 pages

The Forty-Seven: Part Three

chapter Chapter 5|32 pages

Winning and Losing

chapter |9 pages

The Forty-Seven: Part Four

chapter Chapter 6|27 pages

Factionalism

chapter Chapter 7|12 pages

Summation and Surmise

chapter |11 pages

Epilogue

Alternative Futures?