States at Work - Dynamics of African Bureaucracies

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.

About the author

Thomas Bierschenk is Professor of Anthropology and Modern African Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany. He has published widely on politics, the state and development in West and Central Africa.

Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan lives in Niger and works at the Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherche sur les Dynamiques Sociales et le Développement Local (LASDEL) on the delivery of public and collective goods in West Africa. He is also emeritus research director at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and professor of Anthropology at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), France.

Product details

• Assisted by: Thomas Bierschenk (Editor), Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2014
• EAN: 9789004264786
• ISBN: 978-90-04-26478-6
• No. of pages: 456
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 236 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 707 g
• Series: Africa-Europe Group for Interd
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education