Shaping tradition : civil society, community and development in colonial northern Ghana, 1899-1957 /

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Grischow, Jeff D. (Jeff Douglas), 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston [Mass.] : Brill, 2006.
Colección:African social studies series ; v. 14.
Temas:
1900-1999
Civil society > Ghana > History > 20th century.
Community development > Ghana > History > 20th century.
Société civile > Ghāna > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Développement communautaire > Ghāna > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
Civil society
Community development
Economic history
Burgermaatschappij.
Politieke ontwikkeling.
Ghana > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Ghāna > Conditions économiques > 20e siècle.
Ghana
Ghana.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Civil society, community and development in colonial northern Ghana, 1899-1957
  • From developing the estates to preserving the peasantry: development in the northern territories, 1895-1919
  • Corruptions of development and the "steep slope of civilisation", 1919-1933
  • Developing community: land, native administration and direct taxation, 1928-1936
  • Overpopulation, depopulation and the loss of productive power: development in the Zuarungu and Lawra-Tumu districts, 1935-44
  • Questioning mixed farming, tsetse eradication and indirect rule, 1940-1949
  • Land planning, local government and party politics, 1940-1957
  • Mechanised agriculture and community development, 1948-1957.

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