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Informationen zum Autor Emma Crewe is a Research Associate at the University of Warwick, an Honorary Research Fellow at the Department of Anthropology, University College London, and a research and policy consultant working in Asia and Africa Klappentext An arresting and unique portrait of the House of Lords. Its seductiveness and complex hidden structures are captured in a readable book for researchers, students and the general reader. Zusammenfassung An arresting and unique portrait of the House of Lords. Its seductiveness and complex hidden structures are captured in a readable book for researchers! students and the general reader. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Background to the House of Lords: An outline of composition, powers and culture2. Kind words and coronets3. Performing like a Peer4. Restless natives5. A social directory 6. Hierarchies7. Are Peers equal?8. Parties and cross-benchers9. The usual channels10. Rules and rituals11. Men in tights12. Opening up ParliamentAppendices1. A chronology of reform of the Lords 1998-20042. Research methodology3. Glossary
