The Shapeshifting Crown: Locating the State in Postcolonial New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the UK

Author:   Cris Shore (University of Auckland) ,  David V. Williams (University of Auckland)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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Pages:   288
Publication Date:   24 January 2019
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Author:   Cris Shore (University of Auckland) ,  David V. Williams (University of Auckland)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.580kg
ISBN:  

9781108496469


ISBN 10:   1108496466
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   24 January 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: a shapeshifting enigma: the Crown in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom Cris Shore; Part I. The Nature and Development of the Crown: 2. Genealogies of the modern Crown: from St Edward to Queen Elizabeth II David V. Williams; 3. The Crown as metonym for the state? The human face of Leviathan Cris Shore; 4. Indigenous peoples and the Crown: the sacred duty Sally Raudon; Part II. The Crown as an Embodied Entity: 5. The rituals of Crown and state in New Zealand Jai Patel; 6. Locating the Crown in Australia: the swag of Camp Gallipoli Sally Raudon; 7. Localising the Crown: Royals and (re)patriation Jai Patel and Sally Raudon; Part III. The Crown and Constitutional Reform: 8. The Republican move: cutting colonial ties Jai Patel; 9. Constitutional reform and the politics of public engagement Cris Shore and David V. Williams; 10. Crown prerogative: reining in the powers David V. Williams; 11. The Queen is dead, long live the King? Sally Raudon; 12. Conclusion: the future of the Crown in an age of uncertainty: sempiternal or crumbling foundation? Cris Shore, David V. Williams and Sally Raudon.

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Advance praise: 'The Shapeshifting Crown is a careful, multilayered study of one the most important, but often neglected, institutions in Westminster states. Bringing together legal, political, and anthropological perspectives, this volume offers a rich understanding of the roles the Crown plays in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, while also bringing a critical view to bear of the history and future of Westminster monarchies. This work is essential reading for those seeking to appreciate the meanings and functions of the Crown today.' Philippe Lagasse, William and Jeanie Barton Chair at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Ottawa Advance praise: 'Just as the Crown, as a physical object, displays different bejewelled faces depending on the perspective of the viewer, so too the Crown in its symbolic and governmental form displays many facets. This new book, edited by New Zealand's Cris Shore and David V. Williams, expertly locates and analyses each of these facets - from the sacred relationship between the Crown and Indigenous peoples, to its history, rituals and embodiment within the patriotic myth and spirit of different Commonwealth Realms. The book also looks to the future, addressing the likely impact of the death of the Queen, the effectiveness of republican movements and efforts to rein in the prerogative powers of the Crown. This book is unique, as it traverses across the fields of history, politics, law, anthropology and sociology in its examination of the Crown in the Realms. It makes a sophisticated and enlightening contribution to scholarship on the Crown.' Anne Twomey, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney Advance praise: 'The efficiently coordinated multiple authors of this intriguing book adopt a classic anthropological move in an unusual context: they examine an eccentric symbol of centralized power (the British Crown) from the variously and productively marginalizing distance of indigenous and settler experiences in three Commonwealth countries (Australia, New Zealand, and Canada). Shunning facile assumptions, they explore the entailment of all parties in the Crown's kaleidoscopic ontology. The result is a stunning, multi-faceted empirical analysis of that ever-present institution, the state, as a peculiar - and, yes, shapeshifting - form of polity. This book deserves a wide audience.' Michael Herzfeld, Ernest E. Monrad Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University, Massachusetts Advance praise: 'The Shapeshifting Crown is a careful, multilayered study of one the most important, but often neglected, institutions in Westminster states. Bringing together legal, political, and anthropological perspectives, this volume offers a rich understanding of the roles the Crown plays in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, while also bringing a critical view to bear of the history and future of Westminster monarchies. This work is essential reading for those seeking to appreciate the meanings and functions of the Crown today.' Philippe Lagasse, William and Jeanie Barton Chair at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Ottawa Advance praise: `Just as the Crown, as a physical object, displays different bejewelled faces depending on the perspective of the viewer, so too the Crown in its symbolic and governmental form displays many facets. This new book, edited by New Zealand's Cris Shore and David V. Williams, expertly locates and analyses each of these facets - from the sacred relationship between the Crown and Indigenous peoples, to its history, rituals and embodiment within the patriotic myth and spirit of different Commonwealth Realms. The book also looks to the future, addressing the likely impact of the death of the Queen, the effectiveness of republican movements and efforts to rein in the prerogative powers of the Crown. This book is unique, as it traverses across the fields of history, politics, law, anthropology and sociology in its examination of the Crown in the Realms. It makes a sophisticated and enlightening contribution to scholarship on the Crown.' Anne Twomey, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney Advance praise: 'The efficiently coordinated multiple authors of this intriguing book adopt a classic anthropological move in an unusual context: they examine an eccentric symbol of centralized power (the British Crown) from the variously and productively marginalizing distance of indigenous and settler experiences in three Commonwealth countries (Australia, New Zealand, and Canada). Shunning facile assumptions, they explore the entailment of all parties in the Crown's kaleidoscopic ontology. The result is a stunning, multi-faceted empirical analysis of that ever-present institution, the state, as a peculiar - and, yes, shapeshifting - form of polity. This book deserves a wide audience.' Michael Herzfeld, Ernest E. Monrad Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University, Massachusetts


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Cris Shore is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Auckland and Guest Professor of Public Management at Stockholm University's Centre for Organisational Research. Previously, he was the Head of Department and founding director of the Europe Institute, University of Auckland and taught at Perugia University (1986), Oxford Brookes University (1987–90) and Goldsmiths College (1990–2003). His research specialisms include political anthropology, organisations, higher education, the anthropology of policy, corruption, and Europe. He is author/co-editor of 140 articles and 14 books including Building Europe (2000); Corruption: Anthropological Perspectives (2005); Policy Worlds: Anthropology and the Analysis of Contemporary Power (2011); Up Close and Personal: Peripheral Perspectives and the Production of Anthropological Knowledge (2013) and Death of the Public University? (2017). He has held visiting appointments at the universities of Harvard, Bristol, Aarhus, Sussex, University College London, Malta and the European University Institute, Florence. In 2017, he was awarded the Royal Society of New Zealand's Mason Durie medal for contributions to the social sciences. David V. Williams is a Professor of Law at the University of Auckland. He has taught and researched at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and then the University of Auckland since 1972. He has been an independent researcher and barrister specialising in research relevant to Treaty of Waitangi claims by indigenous Maori concerning historic acts or omissions of the Crown. He has authored 5 books including 'Te Kooti tango whenua': The Native Land Court 1864–1909 (1999) and A simple nullity? The Wi Parata case in New Zealand Law and History (2011). Additional publications include 18 book chapters, 37 refereed journal articles and 10 major technical reports submitted to the Waitangi Tribunal. He has held visiting appointments at Exeter College, St John's College and Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford, and at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. In 2017, he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the American Society for Legal History.

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