Frederick George Bailey is a British social anthropologist. He received his Ph.D. in social anthropology from Manchester University, working under Max Gluckman

Max Gluckman

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, and is closely associated with the Manchester School

Manchester school (anthropology)

The Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester, founded by Max Gluckman in 1947 became known among anthropologists and other social scientists as the Manchester School. Notable features of the Manchester School included an emphasis on "case studies", deriving from Gluckman's...

 of social anthropology. A prolific writer, he is probably best known for his studies of local and organizational politics. He has conducted fieldwork in Bisipāra, Orissa

Orissa

Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...

, India

India

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, and has also written on political functions, particularly the ways that social structure arises out of and is used by the interactions of individuals.

Bailey was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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 in 1976. He is professor emeritus in the department of anthropology at the University of California, San Diego

University of California, San Diego

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.

Selected bibliography

• Bailey, F. G. (1957) Caste and the economic frontier: a village in highland Orissa. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
• -- (1960) Tribe, caste, and nation: a study of political activity and political change in highland Orissa. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press.
• -- (1969) Stratagems and spoils: a social anthropology of politics. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
• -- (1971) Gifts and poison: the politics of reputation. New York: Schocken Books.
• -- (1977) Morality and expediency: the folklore of academic politics. Oxford, UK: Basil Blackwell.
• -- (1978) Tertius Gaudens aut Tertium Numen. In Scale and Social Organization. F. Barth, ed. Oslo: Universitetforlget.
• -- (1988) Humbuggery and manipulation: the art of leadership. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
• -- (1993) The Kingdom of Individuals: an essay on self-respect and social obligation. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
• -- (1994) The witch-hunt, or, The triumph of morality. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
• -- (2001) Treasons, Stratagems, and Spoils. How Leaders Make Pratical Use of Beliefs and Values. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.