Why Are Ethnographic Studies of Powerful Institutions in U

question 21

Multiple Choice

Why are ethnographic studies of powerful institutions in U.S.society so rarely conducted?

• A) They do not need to be studied because they function very well.
• B) Influential policy setters are usually unwilling to submit to ethnographic study.
• C) Powerful institutions in the U.S. always include applied anthropologists and are continually studied.
• D) No one is willing to pay the anthropologist for his or her work.
• E) Anthropologists are always interested in other societies and do not routinely work within the U.S.

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