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Fixing the African State : Recognition, Politics, and Community-Based Development in Tanzania / by B. Dill.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dill, Brian Jeffrey, 1968-
- Series:
- Africa Connects
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Africa--Politics and government.
- Africa.
- Economic development.
- Political sociology.
- Political science.
- Sociology.
- Anthropology.
- African Politics.
- Development Studies.
- Political Sociology.
- Political Science.
- Local Subjects:
- African Politics.
- Development Studies.
- Political Sociology.
- Political Science.
- Sociology.
- Anthropology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2013.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Community-based development' (CBD) or'community-driven development' (CDD) has been the predominant approach to international development in recent years. Drawing on fieldwork and first-hand experience, this book explains why CBD/CDD produces outcomes that are incompatible with its underlying assumptions and intended objectives.
- Contents:
- "Developing" Dar es Salaam
- Life on the ground
- Recognizing community
- Rendering political
- Fixing the African state.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781349448159
- 134944815X
- 9781137281418
- 1137281413
- OCLC:
- 842259727
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