LEADER 02907nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910782998203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7486-5299-X 010 $a1-282-05890-8 010 $a9786612058905 010 $a0-7486-3667-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9780748636679 035 $a(CKB)1000000000716112 035 $a(EBL)420680 035 $a(OCoLC)476252601 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000111167 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11141110 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000111167 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10075092 035 $a(PQKB)10500493 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055733 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL420680 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10277575 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL205890 035 $a(DE-B1597)616550 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780748636679 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC420680 035 $a(OCoLC)1306541799 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000716112 100 $a20081021d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBeyond the state in rural Uganda$b[electronic resource] /$fBen Jones 210 $aEdinburgh $cEdinburgh University Press for the International African Institute$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (223 p.) 225 1 $aInternational African library ;$v39 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7486-3518-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aIn this innovative study, Ben Jones argues that scholars too often assume that the state is the most important force behind change in local political communities in Africa. Studies look to the state, and to the impact of government reforms, as ways of understanding processes of development and change. Using the example of Uganda, regarded as one of Africa's few ""success stories"", Jones chronicles the insignificance of the state and the marginal impact of Western development agencies. Extensive ethnographic fieldwork in a Ugandan village reveals that it is churches, the village court, and org 410 0$aInternational African library ;$v39. 606 $aSocial change$zUganda 607 $aUganda$xPolitics and government$y1979- 607 $aUganda$xSocial conditions$y1979- 607 $aUganda$xRural conditions 607 $aUganda$xEconomic conditions$y1979- 615 0$aSocial change 676 $a338.96761 700 $aJones$b Ben$0793484 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782998203321 996 $aBeyond the state in rural Uganda$93703462 997 $aUNINA