Precolonial Legacies in Postcolonial Politics

Why are some communities able to come together to improve their collective lot while others are not?...
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Author: Martha Wilfahrt
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Language: English
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Precolonial Legacies in Postcolonial Politics by Wilfahrt, Martha

Precolonial Legacies in Postcolonial Politics

Dhs. 244.97

Precolonial Legacies in Postcolonial Politics

Dhs. 244.97
Author: Martha Wilfahrt
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Why are some communities able to come together to improve their collective lot while others are not? Looking at variation in local government performance in decentralized West Africa, this book advances a novel answer: communities are better able to coordinate around basic service delivery when their formal jurisdictional boundaries overlap with informal social institutions, or norms. This book identifies the precolonial past as the driver of striking subnational variation in the present because these social institutions only encompass the many villages of the local state in areas that were once home to precolonial polities. The book develops and tests a theory of institutional congruence to document how the past shapes contemporary elite approaches to redistribution within the local state. Where precolonial kingdoms left behind collective identities and dense social networks, local elites find it easier to cooperate following decentralization. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Author: Martha Wilfahrt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 01/05/2023
Pages: 318
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.71d
ISBN: 9781009286183

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