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Beyond the State in Rural Uganda / Ben Jones.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: International African Library : IALPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (224 p.) : 9 B/W illustrations 6 B/W tables 3 Maps; 1 map, 9 b+w illustrations, 6 b+w tablesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748635184
  • 9780748636679
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.96761 22
LOC classification:
  • HN773.5 .J65 2009
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Maps, Plates and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Preface -- Maps -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Introducing Oledai -- 3 Teso Society through the Twentieth Century -- 4 The Village Court and the Withdrawn State -- 5 The Pentecostal Church -- 6 The Anglican and Catholic Churches -- 7 Burial Societies -- 8 Conclusion -- Appendix A: Research Methods -- Appendix B: Interviews and Group Discussions -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748635184');Download 15% Discount Order FormIn 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 organizations based on family and kinships obligations that represent the most significant sites of innovation and social transformation.Groundbreaking and critical in turn, Beyond the State offers a new anthropological perspective on how to think about processes of social and political change in poorer parts of the world. It should appeal to anyone interested in African development.Key FeaturesOffers a new approach to studying development and changeGives a fresh perspective on Christianity in AfricaLooks at problems of international development assistanceProvides a rich ethnographic rural study from east Africa"
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Maps, Plates and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Preface -- Maps -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Introducing Oledai -- 3 Teso Society through the Twentieth Century -- 4 The Village Court and the Withdrawn State -- 5 The Pentecostal Church -- 6 The Anglican and Catholic Churches -- 7 Burial Societies -- 8 Conclusion -- Appendix A: Research Methods -- Appendix B: Interviews and Group Discussions -- Bibliography -- Index

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GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748635184');Download 15% Discount Order FormIn 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 organizations based on family and kinships obligations that represent the most significant sites of innovation and social transformation.Groundbreaking and critical in turn, Beyond the State offers a new anthropological perspective on how to think about processes of social and political change in poorer parts of the world. It should appeal to anyone interested in African development.Key FeaturesOffers a new approach to studying development and changeGives a fresh perspective on Christianity in AfricaLooks at problems of international development assistanceProvides a rich ethnographic rural study from east Africa"

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In English.

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