Beyond the state in rural Uganda:
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Main Author: Jones, Ben (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 2008
Series:International African library 39
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [180]-193) and index
Maps, Plates, Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Glossary; Preface; Maps Section; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Appendix A; Appendix B; Bibliography; Index
In this innovative study, Ben Jones argues that scholars too often assume that the state is the most important force behind change in local political communities in Africa. Studies look to the state, and to the impact of government reforms, as ways of understanding processes of development and change. Using the example of Uganda, regarded as one of Africa's few "success stories", Jones chronicles the insignificance of the state and the marginal impact of Western development agencies. Extensive ethnographic fieldwork in a Ugandan village reveals that it is churches, the village court
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 199 p.)
ISBN:0748636676
9780748636679

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