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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827988303321

Autore

Jones Ben

Titolo

Beyond the state in rural Uganda / / Ben Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institute, 2009

ISBN

0-7486-5299-X

1-282-05890-8

9786612058905

0-7486-3667-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Collana

International African library ; ; 39

Disciplina

338.96761

Soggetti

Social change - Uganda

Uganda Politics and government 1979-

Uganda Social conditions 1979-

Uganda Rural conditions

Uganda Economic conditions 1979-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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