Description |
1 online resource (xv, 199 pages) : illustrations maps. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
International African library ; 39
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International African library ; 39.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-193) and index. |
Summary |
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, |
Local Note |
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Subject |
Social change -- Uganda.
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Social change. |
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Uganda. |
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Uganda -- Politics and government -- 1979-
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Politics and government. |
Chronological Term |
1979- |
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Uganda -- Social conditions -- 1979-
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Social conditions. |
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Uganda -- Rural conditions.
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Rural conditions. |
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Uganda -- Economic conditions -- 1979-
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Economic conditions. |
Chronological Term |
Since 1979 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Jones, Ben. Beyond the state in rural Uganda. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2008 9780748635184 0748635181 (OCoLC)267196511 |
ISBN |
9780748636679 (electronic book) |
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0748636676 (electronic book) |
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9780748635184 |
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0748635181 |
Standard No. |
9786612058905 |
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