In the shadow of good governance :: an ethnography of civil service reform in Africa /

"In the Shadow of Good Governance" traces the implementation of the good governance agenda in Malawi from the loan documents signed by the representatives of the government and the Bretton Woods institutions to the individual experiences of civil servants who responded in unforeseen ways t...

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Main Author: Anders, Gerhard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Series:Afrika-Studiecentrum series ; v. 16.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:"In the Shadow of Good Governance" traces the implementation of the good governance agenda in Malawi from the loan documents signed by the representatives of the government and the Bretton Woods institutions to the individual experiences of civil servants who responded in unforeseen ways to the reform measures. Ethnographic evidence gathered in government offices, neighbourhoods and the private homes of civil servants living in Malawia's urban and peri-urban areas undermines the common perception of a disconnect between state institutions and society in Africa
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 165 pages) : map
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789047444121
9047444124
1282951254
9781282951259
ISSN:1570-9310 ;

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