States at work : dynamics of African bureaucracies /

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Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 440 pages).
Language:English
Series:Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies ; volume 12
African-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (Series) ; v. 12.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11219623
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Other authors / contributors:Bierschenk, Thomas, editor.
Olivier de Sardan, Jean-Pierre, editor.
ISBN:9789004264960
9004264965
9781306447607
1306447607
9789004264786
9004264787
Notes:Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:States at Work explores the mundane practices of state-making in Africa by focussing on the daily functioning of public services and the practices of civil servants.
Other form:Print version: States at work 9789004264786

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