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Offers an overview of the work that for over sixty years anthropologists have been carrying out in and on organisations. Moving beyond earlier preoccupations with 'culture' and 'relationality', this work brings together classic and contemporary articles that cast new light on the relevance of ethnography for organisational, and social theory.

Presents the important developments in the institutional theory of culture and demonstrate their practical applications.

Presents a wide range of discussions and theorizing about ritual. This title covers definitional questions, issues of interpretation, meaning, and function, and a roster of ethnographic and analytical topics, covering classic themes such as ancestor worship and sacrifice, initiation, gender, healing, social change, and shamanic practices.