MacLean, Lauren M.

Informal institutions and citizenship in rural Africa : risk and reciprocity in Ghana and Cote d' Ivoire / Lauren M. MacLean - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010. - xvi, 292 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. - 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 052119296X

2009047385


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


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

HN 832 / M163i 2010

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