Shaping tradition : : civil society, community and development in colonial northern Ghana, 1899-1957 / / by Jeff D. Grischow.

Using Northern Ghana as a case study, this book challenges the invocation of civil society as a tool for building community in the name of development. Far from equating civil society with community, colonial officials used the doctrine of community against African civil society. For colonial office...

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Superior document:African social studies series, v. 14
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Year of Publication:2006
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:African social studies series ; v. 14.
Physical Description:1 online resource (278 p.)
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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