Twilight Institutions :Public Authority and Local Politics in Africa - Development and Change Special Issues
Twilight Institutions :Public Authority and Local Politics in Africa - Development and Change Special Issues
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Published:
31 January, 2007
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Description
- Approaches public authority ‘from below’, exploring a variety of concrete encounters between forms of public authority and the more or less mundane practices of ordinary people
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781405155281 |
| ISBN10 | 1405155280 |
| Number Of Pages | 288 |
| Item Weight | 417 g |
| Product Dimensions | 152 x 229 x 15 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
"This volume offers well-researched and original insights into an important area of politics. Compared to contributions from anthropology on politics in Africa in the 1990s, this volume takes a more fruitful direction." (African History, March 2008)
“Offer[s] insightful analytical perspectives on the emergency and behavior of ‘twilight institutions’ … good addition for university libraries and collections specializing in Africana and comparative politics. Recommended.”(Choice Reviews)
Author's Bio
Christian Lund is Professor in International Development Studies at Roskilde University, Denmark. He has conducted specialized research on socio-legal processes of conflict and their relationship to policy and politics, institutional arrangements of property, and natural resources management. He has gained extensive field experience while working in Niger, Ghana, Bur¬kina Faso, Mali, and Senegal. He is the author of Law, Power and Politics in Niger - Land Struggles and the Rural Code, 1998, and the co-editor of Negotiating Property in Africa, 2002.