States at work :
States at work : dynamics of African bureaucracies /
edited by Thomas Bierschenk, Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan.
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 440 pages).
- Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies ; volume 12 .
- African-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (Series) ; v. 12. .
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Studying the dynamics of African bureaucracies : an introduction to states at work / Ethnographies of public services in Africa : an emerging research paradigm / Seeing like a state agent : the ethnography of reform in Senegal's forestry services / Factionalism and staff success in a Nigerian university : a departmental case study / Working in neopatrimonial settings : public sector staff perceptions in Tanzania and Uganda / "We make do and keep going!" Inventive practices and ordered informality in the functioning of the district courts in Niamey and Zinger (Niger) / "I take an oath to the state, not the government" : career trajectories and professional ethics of Ghanaian public servants / "We must run while others walk" : African civil servants, state ideologies and bureaucratic practices in Tanzania, from the 1950s to the 1970s / Sedimentation, fragmentation and normative double-binds in (West) African public services / The politics of reform: a case study of bureaucracy at the ministry of basic education in Cameroon / Building state capacities? The case of the poverty reduction unit in Mali / A breeding ground for revenue reliability? Cameroonian veterinary agents and tax officials in the face of reform / Old-school bureaucrats and technocrats in Malawi : civil service reform in practice / Teachers unions and the selective appropriation of public service reforms in Benin / The state that works : a 'pockets of effectiveness' perspective on Nigeria and beyond / The delivery state in Africa : interface bureaucrats, professional cultures and the bureaucratic mode of governance / Thomas Bierschenk and Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan -- Thomas Bierschenk and Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan -- Giorgio Blundo -- Chris Willott -- Ole Therkildsen -- Oumarou Hamani -- Carola Lentz -- Andreas Eckert -- Thomas Bierschenk -- Helene Charton -- Isaline Bergamaschi -- Jose-Maria Munoz -- Gerhard Anders -- Azizou Chabi Imorou -- Michael Roll -- Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan.
States at Work explores the mundane practices of state-making in Africa by focussing on the daily functioning of public services and the practices of civil servants.
9789004264960 9004264965 9781306447607 1306447607
Public administration--Africa.
Bureaucracy--Africa.
Economic development--Africa.
State, The.
Administration publique (Science)--Afrique.
Bureaucratie--Afrique.
Développement économique--Afrique.
État.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--Executive Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Affairs & Administration.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
Bureaucracy.
Economic development.
Economic policy.
Politics and government
Public administration.
State, The.
Africa--Politics and government--1960-
Africa--Economic policy.
Afrique--Politique et gouvernement--1960-
Afrique--Politique économique.
Africa.
Electronic books.
JQ1875 / .S73 2014eb
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Studying the dynamics of African bureaucracies : an introduction to states at work / Ethnographies of public services in Africa : an emerging research paradigm / Seeing like a state agent : the ethnography of reform in Senegal's forestry services / Factionalism and staff success in a Nigerian university : a departmental case study / Working in neopatrimonial settings : public sector staff perceptions in Tanzania and Uganda / "We make do and keep going!" Inventive practices and ordered informality in the functioning of the district courts in Niamey and Zinger (Niger) / "I take an oath to the state, not the government" : career trajectories and professional ethics of Ghanaian public servants / "We must run while others walk" : African civil servants, state ideologies and bureaucratic practices in Tanzania, from the 1950s to the 1970s / Sedimentation, fragmentation and normative double-binds in (West) African public services / The politics of reform: a case study of bureaucracy at the ministry of basic education in Cameroon / Building state capacities? The case of the poverty reduction unit in Mali / A breeding ground for revenue reliability? Cameroonian veterinary agents and tax officials in the face of reform / Old-school bureaucrats and technocrats in Malawi : civil service reform in practice / Teachers unions and the selective appropriation of public service reforms in Benin / The state that works : a 'pockets of effectiveness' perspective on Nigeria and beyond / The delivery state in Africa : interface bureaucrats, professional cultures and the bureaucratic mode of governance / Thomas Bierschenk and Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan -- Thomas Bierschenk and Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan -- Giorgio Blundo -- Chris Willott -- Ole Therkildsen -- Oumarou Hamani -- Carola Lentz -- Andreas Eckert -- Thomas Bierschenk -- Helene Charton -- Isaline Bergamaschi -- Jose-Maria Munoz -- Gerhard Anders -- Azizou Chabi Imorou -- Michael Roll -- Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan.
States at Work explores the mundane practices of state-making in Africa by focussing on the daily functioning of public services and the practices of civil servants.
9789004264960 9004264965 9781306447607 1306447607
Public administration--Africa.
Bureaucracy--Africa.
Economic development--Africa.
State, The.
Administration publique (Science)--Afrique.
Bureaucratie--Afrique.
Développement économique--Afrique.
État.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--Executive Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Affairs & Administration.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
Bureaucracy.
Economic development.
Economic policy.
Politics and government
Public administration.
State, The.
Africa--Politics and government--1960-
Africa--Economic policy.
Afrique--Politique et gouvernement--1960-
Afrique--Politique économique.
Africa.
Electronic books.
JQ1875 / .S73 2014eb