Marriage Among a Matrilineal Elite - A Family Study of Ghanaian Senior Civil Servants

Klappentext A study of conjugal and kin relationships in a group of urban, educated West Africans, Akan Senior Civil Servants in Accra. Zusammenfassung A study of conjugal and kin relationships in a group of urban! educated West Africans! Akan Senior Civil Servants in Accra. As well as representing a contribution to the growing body of data on marriage and family life in West Africa! the book is an exercise in methodology. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The problem; 2. Custom and innovation; 3. Government servants and kinsmen; 4. The allocation of resources; 5. Power and decision-making; 6. Tension and change.

Product details

• Authors: Christine Oppong
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.01.2009
• EAN: 9780521093187
• ISBN: 978-0-521-09318-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Social an; Cambridge Studies in Social an; Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories