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