{"product_id":"everyday-state-and-democracy-in-africa-ethnographic-encounters-paperback","title":"Everyday State and Democracy in Africa: Ethnographic Encounters - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWale Adebanwi\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBottom-up case studies, drawn from the perspective of ordinary Africans' experiences with state bureaucracies, structures, and services, reveal how citizens and states define each other.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume examines contemporary citizens' everyday encounters with the state and democratic processes in Africa. The contributions reveal the intricate and complex ways in which quotidian activities and experiences--from getting an identification card (genuine or fake) to sourcing black-market commodities to dealing with unreliable waste collection--both (re)produce and (re)constitute the state and democracy. This approach from below lends gravity to the mundane and recognizes the value of conceiving state governance not in terms of its stated promises and aspirations but rather in accordance with how people experience it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth new and established scholars based in Africa, Europe, and North America cover a wide range of examples from across the continent, including\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ebureaucratic machinery in South Sudan, Nigeria, and Kenya\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003einfrastructure and shortages in Chad and Nigeria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edisciplinarity, subjectivity, and violence in Rwanda, South Africa, and Nigeria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe social life of democracy in the Congo, Cameroon, and Mozambique\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eeducation, welfare, and health in Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Burkina Faso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEveryday State and Democracy in Africa\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that ordinary citizens' encounters with state agencies and institutions define the meanings, discourses, practices, and significance of democratic life, as well its distressing realities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDaniel Agbiboa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVictoria Bernal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJean Comaroff\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn L. Comaroff\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eE. Fouksman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFred Ikanda\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLori Leonard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRose L vgren\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFerenc Dávid Markó\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEbenezer Obadare\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRogers Orock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJustin Pearce\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKatrien Pype\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdoardo Quaretta\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJennifer Riggan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHelle Samuelsen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNicholas Rush Smith\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEric Trovalla\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUlrika Trovalla\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWale Adebanwi\u003c\/b\u003e is Presidential Penn Compact Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. His monographs include \u003ci\u003eAuthority Stealing: Anti-Corruption War and Democratic Politics in Post-Military Nigeria\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYorùbá Elites and Ethnic Politics in Nigeria: Ọbáfẹ́mi Awólọ́wọ̀ and Corporate Agency\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Nation as Grand Narrative: The Nigerian Press and the Politics of Meaning\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 450\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 12, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42158966702215,"sku":"9780821424902","price":71.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/3066dabaabffe6aaebd9131aee13d6fc.webp?v=1733263008","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/everyday-state-and-democracy-in-africa-ethnographic-encounters-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}