02907nam 2200685Ia 450 991082798830332120200520144314.00-7486-5299-X1-282-05890-897866120589050-7486-3667-610.1515/9780748636679(CKB)1000000000716112(EBL)420680(OCoLC)476252601(SSID)ssj0000111167(PQKBManifestationID)11141110(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000111167(PQKBWorkID)10075092(PQKB)10500493(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055733(Au-PeEL)EBL420680(CaPaEBR)ebr10277575(CaONFJC)MIL205890(DE-B1597)616550(DE-B1597)9780748636679(MiAaPQ)EBC420680(OCoLC)1306541799(EXLCZ)99100000000071611220081021d2009 uy 0engur|n|||||||||txtccrBeyond the state in rural Uganda[electronic resource] /Ben JonesEdinburgh Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institute20091 online resource (223 p.)International African library ;39Description based upon print version of record.0-7486-3518-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexIn 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 orgInternational African library ;39.Social changeUgandaUgandaPolitics and government1979-UgandaSocial conditions1979-UgandaRural conditionsUgandaEconomic conditions1979-Social change338.96761Jones Ben793484MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827988303321Beyond the state in rural Uganda3930569UNINA