Beyond the state in rural Uganda [[electronic resource] /] / Ben Jones

• Autore: Jones Ben
• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institute, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (223 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.96761
• Soggetto topico: Social change - Uganda
• Soggetto geografico: Uganda Politics and government 1979-; Uganda Social conditions 1979-; Uganda Rural conditions; Uganda Economic conditions 1979-
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Beyond the state in rural Uganda
• ISBN: 0-7486-5299-X; 1-282-05890-8; 9786612058905; 0-7486-3667-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827988303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: International African library ; ; 39.