Format:
Online-Ressource (xv, 199 p.)
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ill., maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780748635184
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9781282058903
Series Statement:
International Africa Library v.No. 39
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [180]-193) and index
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Contents; 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
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780748636679
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0748635181
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780748635184
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Beyond the State in Rural Uganda
Language:
English
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