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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Christine Oppong
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 08.01.2009
• EAN: 9780521093187
• ISBN: 978-0-521-09318-7
• Pagine: 224
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Social an; Cambridge Studies in Social an; Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche