In the shadow of good governance [electronic resource] : an ethnography of civil service reform in Africa / by Gerhard Anders.

ISBN:

9789047444121

9781282951259

Title:

In the shadow of good governance [electronic resource] : an ethnography of civil service reform in Africa / by Gerhard Anders.

Author:

Anders, Gerhard.

Personal Author:

Anders, Gerhard.

Publication Information:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 165 pages) : map.

Series:

Afrika-Studiecentrum series, v. 16

Contents:

Acknowledgements; Glossary and abbreviations; Map of Malawi; 1 Introduction: Unpacking Good Governance; 2 Historical Background; 3 Constructing Country Ownership; 4 The Implementation Process; 5 Eroding Salaries and Doing Business; 6 "Distance Saves me"; 7 The Democratisation of Appropriation; 8 Conclusions: the State in Society; References; Index.

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Subject Term:

Civil service -- Malawi.

Civil service reform -- Malawi.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2010

Publication Information:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

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Summary

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.