UID:
edocfu_9959226759702883
Umfang:
1 online resource (223 p.)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-7486-5299-X
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1-282-05890-8
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9786612058905
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0-7486-3667-6
Serie:
International African library ; 39
Inhalt:
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, and org
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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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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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-7486-3518-1
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1515/9780748636679
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