TY  - BOOK
AU  - Anders,Gerhard
TI  - In the shadow of good governance: an ethnography of civil service reform in Africa 
T2  - Afrika-Studiecentrum series,
SN  - 9789047444121
AV  - JQ2941.A67 A53 2010
U1  - 352.6/3267096897 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Civil service
KW  - Malawi
KW  - Civil service reform
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preliminary Material; G. Anders --; 1. Introduction: Unpacking Good Governance; G. Anders --; 2. Historical Background; G. Anders --; 3. Constructing Country Ownership; G. Anders --; 4. The Implementation Process; G. Anders --; 5. Eroding Salaries And Doing Business; G. Anders --; 6. “Distance Saves Me”; G. Anders --; 7. The Democratisation Of Appropriation; G. Anders --; 8. Conclusions: The State In Society; G. Anders --; References; G. Anders --; Index; G. Anders; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - In the Shadow of Good Governance traces the implementation of the good governance agenda in Malawi from the loan documents signed by the representatives of the government and the Bretton Woods institutions to the individual experiences of civil servants who responded in unforeseen ways to the reform measures. Ethnographic evidence gathered in government offices, neighbourhoods and the private homes of civil servants living in Malawi’s urban and peri-urban areas undermines the common perception of a disconnect between state institutions and society in Africa. Instead, the book presents a comprehensive analysis of civil servants’ attempts to negotiate the effects of civil service reform and economic crisis at the turn of the 21st century
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004179820.i-168
ER  -