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Author Jones, Ben (Ben W.)

Title Beyond the state in rural Uganda / Ben Jones.

Publication Info. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2008.

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 199 pages) : illustrations maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series International African library ; 39
International African library ; 39.
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,
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Subject Social change -- Uganda.
Social change.
Uganda.
Uganda -- Politics and government -- 1979-
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1979-
Subject Uganda -- Social conditions -- 1979-
Social conditions.
Uganda -- Rural conditions.
Rural conditions.
Uganda -- Economic conditions -- 1979-
Economic conditions.
Chronological Term Since 1979
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
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)
0748636676 (electronic book)
9780748635184
0748635181
Standard No. 9786612058905