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Twilight Institutions: Public Authority and Local Politics in Africa
Christian Lund
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Description for Twilight Institutions: Public Authority and Local Politics in Africa
Paperback. Focusing on the condition of public authority in Africa, Twilight Institutions investigates how, when confronted with state failure, public institutions attempt to gain authority; operating in the twilight between state and society, between public and private. Editor(s): Lund, Christian. Series: Development and Change Special Issues. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
Focusing on the condition of public authority in Africa, Twilight Institutions investigates how, when confronted with state failure, public institutions attempt to gain authority; operating in the twilight between state and society, between public and private.
Focusing on the condition of public authority in Africa, Twilight Institutions investigates how, when confronted with state failure, public institutions attempt to gain authority; operating in the twilight between state and society, between public and private.
- 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
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Development and Change Special Issues
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405155281
SKU
V9781405155281
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About Christian Lund
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Twilight Institutions: Public Authority and Local Politics in Africa
"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 ... Read more