Informal institutions and citizenship in rural Africa : risk and reciprocity in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire /

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Author / Creator:MacLean, Lauren M.
Imprint:Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Description:xvi, 292 p. : ill., maps.
Language:English
Series:Cambridge studies in comparative politics
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8209449
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ISBN:9780521192965 (hardback)
9780511726552 (e-book)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Tables and Figures
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Ackonwledgments
  • Part I. The Trasformation of Informal Institutions of Social Reciprocity in Ghana and côte D'Ivoire
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Informal Institutions of Reciprocity: A Quantitative Puzzle and Analysis
  • 3. Local Conflicts Over the Meaning of Reciprocity: A Quantitative Analysis of Change
  • Part II. Legacies of the State Role in Mediating Risk in Ghana and côte D'Ivoire
  • 4. The Legacies of the Colonial Administrative State in Constructing the Citizen, Family, and Community Roles
  • 5. The Construction and Retrenchment of State Social Service Provision and the Unintended Consequences for Reciprocity
  • 6. The Empire of the Young: Constructing Legacies of State Agricultural Policy for Local Capitalism and Reciprocity
  • Part III. Informal Institutions of Reciprocity and the Prospects for Democratic Citizenship
  • 7. Transformations of the Informal Institutions of Reciprocity and the Implications for Citizenship
  • 8. Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index