Informal institutions and citizenship in rural Africa risk and reciprocity in Ghana and Cote d`Ivoire

MacLean, Lauren M

Informal institutions and citizenship in rural Africa risk and reciprocity in Ghana and Cote d`Ivoire - New York Cambridge University Press 2010 - xvi,292p. ill., map ; 25 cm. - Cambridge studies in comparative politics . - Cambridge studies in comparative politics. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-285) and index.

The informal institutions of reciprocity: a quantitative puzzle and analysis -- Local conflicts over the meaning of reciprocity: a qualitative analysis of change -- The legacies of the colonial administrative state in constructing the citizen, family, and community roles -- The construction and retrenchment of state social service provision and the unintended consequences for reciprocity -- The empire of the young: contrasting legacies of state agricultural policy for local capitalism and reciprocity -- Transformations of the informal institutions of reciprocity and the implications for citizenship.

9780521192965

2009047385


Villages--Ghana.
Borderlands--Ghana.
Villages--Côte d'Ivoire.
Borderlands--Côte d'Ivoire.


Ghana--Rural conditions.
Côte d'Ivoire--Rural conditions.

HN832.A8 / M33 2010

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